Somebody please tell me how I should be feeling. Because my emotions and mind is all over the place @ this point.
I've got my shoes and my outfit ready to go. Couple of things I keep stressing over is the fuel belt and how often I'm going to fuel on the way. I for the life of me cannot decide if I'm going to carry the fuel belt I currently have w/the water bottles attached or just get one of those cute little packs to strap around my waist to carry everything. I know I'll have 3 packs of GU and a KIND Bar. I feel like I should have something else to eat along the way tho.
I've decided on what I'm eating in the morning before I head to the bridge and that's 4 eggs with cheese and 2 pieces of toast with peanut butter honey. My absolute fave breakfast ever.
I've trained and followed the schedule the best I could over these 3 months, pushed my body to the limits, and have psyched my body into keep going so many times all it has to do is show up one more time to play in 13 days!
We'll go get our Chinatown massages on the 5th before we go to the Daily Show on Monday
My emotions are so out of it right now. One minute I'm excited and the next I'm scared. These feelings just go back and forth all day long. It's pretty much been this way for weeks now.
We're tapering now, but I'm not sure if it's a true tapering for me because as you know I've had some issues w/my hips and have cut back on my miles for the last few weeks.
However, I have done my long Saturday runs, thrown in some treadmill miles, and even some speed interval training on the treadmill. Now that we're in the tapering weeks tho I'm cutting back on those interval training sessions. I don't want to risk anything.
I'm constantly watching where I step and making sure I don't fall. I'm pretty clumsy anyways, but now I'm very watchful of my steps. That being said, a couple of weeks ago I was walking to the ferry and twisted my ankle a bit. It didn't hurt so bad I couldn't walk but it did ache a little on a couple of runs. I think I'm better now. Oh and yesterday, when I was putting up my new curtains I fell from the chair. Lovely right. Yep...that's my life. And then I freak and then I thank God for not letting me break something.
All 3 of us together in the end after all the qualifying races and all the training, the discussions, the morning runs...All of it and All of US Celebrating Together! ME, LLOYD, and DIANA all embracing in our VICTORY and our HARD WORK
I've learned a few things about myself thru this training and journey. The biggest thing is knowing I can push myself as far as I really want to go and if I put my mind to something I really believe in I know I can do it. That is the most important lesson of all of this. Thru the days of getting up @ 4a, going to yoga in the same day I ran 8 miles the morning, or going to the gym that same night. Trying to work on my diet and eat better.
All that being said, I don't know if there's anything else I could've done to prepare me for this.
I'm excited for my family to be here. My dad, mom, and brother are all coming to watch and cheer. We're going to have such a good time and rock this weekend.
I'll post at least another time before the 4th and probably a little more frantically, but I just want to say thanks to everyone for supporting me and reading my posts.
On November 5th, I'm on to the next thing and I'm already planning what I want to do. So, there will be more writings to come. Remember the post where I said I want to get strong. I meant that and for 2013 that's the main goal. I'm going to rock this Marathon, but I want to get stronger so I can rock it again and rock so many other things I have planned for myself. I'm plan on pushing this old body further and further. If I can do this Marathon I can do anything.
I'M ALL IN! If you didn't know...now you do!
KC
