• Five Days…

    Date: 08.17.2010 | Category: foster, training | Tags: ,,,,

    The countdown is on, five days until the big day. Many people ask me now, Am I ready? My answer, yes. Nervous? A bit. Excited? yes! They ask me, what is the longest I have gone so far? My answer, 18 miles and they say, not in a car! I tried for 20 miles a couple of times, but backed out about half way into it as to avoid any serious injury to myself a couple of weeks before the big day. The last attempt caused me a weird knee issue that I am babying along right now so I can get through the marathon.

    I did a short treadmill run last night and everything seems to be OK. I find after I have my knee bent for long periods of time it stiffens up. I am going to still try to push through and hobble across the finish line if that is what is going to take. Like the sign said that I saw someone holding along one of the training race routes. “Pain is temporary, Pride is forever.”

    Up to this point I was running blind in regards to the marathon path. I was playing on the Park City Marathon site the other day and found a fly-by video of the path. I was concerned about the elevation climbing, but after watching the video, I am more at ease with it. The elevation climbs will still be a challenge, but I am ready for the challenge.

    Speaking of challenge, thanks to all of those who participated in the “Help build my playlist” blog contest, I received several good suggestions. For all those who submitted a song, your name was placed in a hat and one lucky winner was randomly selected. CONGRATULATIONS, Desiree! Five days from now I will be enjoying a wide variety of musical selections, thanks to all of you.

    I am still working on reaching my goal of $1000.00 to help the 2800 children in foster care. Five days left to reach that goal, which means, I need to get 20 people to donate $5 a day from now until the marathon. Using the widget to the right, chip-in and make a donation today!

    Five days and counting…