am i the only one who's totally appalled that it's practically OCTOBER?!
seriously, where did the summer go? or for that matter, the year?! how is it that there's only 3 more months left in 2007? i swear i just got used to writing 2007.
and i totally missed my one year blog-iversary by 20 whole freakin' days! but today marks the 4 week countdown to marathon madness! and madness is the only word i can use to describe it! i cannot WAIT til race day. i'm excited. and nervous. but mostly excited. i have a 20 mile training run still left this week. but i'm pretty confident. or delusional.
looking back on my training, i'm actually kind of shocked i've made it this far. i'm like the suckiest, least consistent runner in the world. i'll probably be the most undertrained marathon attempter of all time. but i will say this: i'm not injured. and after my last two half marathons, i suffered from some overuse injuries in my foot, knees, and hips. and this time around, even though i didn't train nearly as hard or as often or as consistently as i would have liked, i can definitely say i did respect the rest component of training.
training for 16 weeks for one race is like waiting 10 years for one christmas! i'm sick of waiting already!!!!
4 comments:
I feel the same way about the passage of time, except in relation to the marathon. 5 weeks is both too long and too short. I feel your pain on the 16 week phenomenon.
and, you definitely aren't the most undertrained marathoner of all time. besides, going into the race without an injury is half the battle.
good luck with the 20 miler this week, once that is over you'll definitely be ready...
The first thing I thought of when you wrote:
training for 16 weeks for one race is like waiting 10 years for one christmas!
is "or waiting nine months for a baby!"
Soon it'll be over & you won't know what to do with yourself!!
You'll be awesome!!!
Can't wait to hear about hte 20 miler!
i cannot believe sept has gone so fast. my favorite month and it's like ....POOF....gone
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