Friday, December 4, 2009

CIM Here I Come!!

I'm thinking that if I keep revving myself up from now until Sunday I won't dread the race as much!  So, CIM HERE I COME!!  I was going with, "I'm just not going to think about it," to "I will just focus on the bloggy meet-up."  But now I realize that if I want to enjoy it at all I need to get out of my head and go full force!  So I am excited to see my fam in Sacramento and all the peeps, but I am finally excited to get the race done!  3 marathon's in 90 days is a big accomplishment and I am going to run with that!  It is going to mother f-ing cold at the start, that is my biggest fear right now.  But I can't control the weather; I can only control how I think about it and prep for it.  So my race outfit is all picked out and I am ready to freeze my bottie off! 

I ran an easy five miler last night to get out of my head and enjoy the run.  I have to say it was one of the nicest runs I have had in a while.  I didn't take my garmin - I know shocking!  And it was nice to not be a slave to it.  I ended up with a decent time I guess.  I used the clock in the kitchen as my base time and ran my standard five mile loop.

5 miles  43 mins (kitchen clock time)  8:35/mi pace
Not too shabby.  I also got to meet up with a good friend from college last night for dinner.  We went to one of my fav restaurants in the area called Max's.  Their motto is, "This is a bad place for a diet.  This is a great place for a diet."  Everything is huge, from the burgers, pasta plates and the deserts.  I had a big stuffed baked potato with ground turkey, sautéed spinach and caramelized onions.  Yumo!  And great for the carbo loading!  It was so nice to catch up with my good friend Melissa.  There is just something about hanging with peeps who knew you "way back when."  :)

I don't think that there is a way to follow any runners online Sunday.  And I don't think I will get to blog until Monday.  It is a two hour drive back from Sac for me, and I don't do so well after sitting in the car for two hours after a marathon. :)  But I will be tweeting right away and also updating my FB.  If you want to follow my tweets I am SJRedGirl and email me for my FB name and we can be friends and get your updates that way.

Have an awesome Friday peeps.  Thank you to all of you who have been so encouraging all week while I sat on my pity-pot and fretted about CIM.  You are all awesome!  Good luck to all the peeps racing this weekend : Aron, Amy, Danica, Amanda and Bobbi.  You girls are gonna rock it.  I see some BQ's in the very near future for a couple of you! ;)  And to all the peeps I might have missed or who are doing long runs and training runs, good luck! 

Happy Running! And TGIF, baby!!!

10 comments:

Pining for Pinterest said...

Good luck! You are going to do wonderful!

Sarah said...

YEAH! Good luck! Have fun!!!

Jill said...

You are going to do so awesome, I just know it. Relax, breathe, and enjoy the ride! I'm going to be thinking of ya ever mile, girl!! Email me when you get back so I know how you did!!!! Have a blast!

Shellyrm ~ just a country runner said...

You are going to do great AND
enjoy it too!

Run Strong!

RunToTheFinish said...

I meant to ask what your taper looks like.. I wasn't srue what the heck to run or not this week.. I was all freaked about it. Guess it's been too long since I really tapered.

I think you are going to have a blast running in such a pretty place!!

Mel -Tall Mom on the Run said...

Lordy I totally meant to link you in to my list on High Five...it has been that kind of week..

Have a great race...I hope you warm up QUICKLY.. I could see my breath on my run today.. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Hugs Aron for me :)

Aron said...

it will be a good day girl, have fun and enjoy it without the pressure!! see you out there :)

N.D. said...

Ya! good luck!

Jess said...

Hope it went well! can't wait to read the report!

Denise said...

Hope the race went well...let us hear about it!!