And all I want is a cabochon.
(That was the only word I could find that rhymed with marathon. It means a highly polished gem… and kind of looks like something Merlin would wear. I do not want one.)
Uh… I am good. Thanks. I don’t feel like being mystical today.
I will be running my FIRST FULL MARATHON in less than 24 hours.
The anticipation/anxiety I feel is very similar to the following:
- Giving birth to a 24 lb. child… that would be painful, take a few hours, and cause me to sweat
- Being punched in the face, severly, several times. It is coming, it is going to happen, and it is going to hurt
- Wedding jitters- although I have never been married, I imagine the night before marrying the love of my life, I will be just as nervous and slightly filled with anxiety butterflies
Mr. Speedy really has been great.
And by great, I mean a never-ending pillar of support, encouragement, and friend throughout the journey of training for this race.
He is my running rock.
And if that was not enough, he surprised me with a GIFT OF MARATHON goodies.
Lots of YUMMY GU, reflective arm bands, a sweet pink headband, amazing maroon ARM WARMERS! YAY!
Those arm warmers are pretty darn cool. I may or may not be wearing them right now…. (don’t judge me).
He bought me techy mitten/gloves! So I can still click my iPhone or iPod and a massage gift card for an HOUR long body rub down!
I am really excited about those gloves. No, the hour long massage. No, eating all the Gu. Gah, all of it has a purpose and means so much to me.
But what meant the most-
was the extremely detailed letter that he wrote:
Short. Sweet. To the point.
Ok, he actually did not finish writing this letter. Something about me opening the present prematurely and then us spending all our time together causing him no time to write a secret marathon letter to me.
Whatever. I shall cherish it forever. It speaks the truth.
We went to the Expo to pick up our race packets, where I swooned.
I ask you- what is better than gawking around at booths filled with running supplies, energy bars, and colored shoelaces with your hunky boyfriend?
Nothing.
There we are! All smiles even with the large intimating course map looming behind us.
Also, I am a major dork:
I’m holding it up! (that was totally Mr. Speedy’s idea). Next, I am modeling with a coffee cup and finally, standing next to one of our favorite super tall, nice, supportive running friend.
In closing of this blog, I am going to share with you my top-secret performance plan to tomorrow.
It consists of the following:
Basically, I am just going to have fun with this and not put any pressure on myself to get a certain time. This is my first and my only expectation is to … FINISH. No particular time, just have a smooth go at it.
I have beaten myself up over ‘bad’ times or not performing as well as I had hoped-
And that is no fun.
So here is to running for fun, enjoying every step in every mile, and having a big smile on my face at the finish line!
Love,
Super-Nervous-Full-of-Pasta-Food-Baby-Woman
Good luck tomorrow! Exciting this is. You’ve given yourself the best advice. And you have the best cheering squad in Mr. Speedy!
I can’t wait to hear all about it.
Thank you!!!!! He was so good… just posted the blog about it. It was a good experience, minus my cry in the middle of it and then having to go #2 like a madman. lol
Best of luck! I reckon completing a first marathon is going to feel pretty immense as well as totally exhausting!
THankssssss!!! It was pretty awesome, just blogged about it. My legs feel like… two logs. lol
GOOD LUCK!!!!! You will do amazing
Thank you!!!! Just blogged about the race.. it was an excellent first time and not nearly as scary as I thought
but still kind of scary lol
AHHH I AM SO EXCITED!! IT’S HERE!!! I am so glad you have had Speed man for this process.. seriously. Having that support is UNREAL!! You two are going to kick ass tomorrow!!! Please eat so much spaghetti tonight that you are going to feel as if you will burst. Don’t really burst though, just store up enough of that carby goodness to fly like a runner tomorrow!!
I LOVE RUNNING EXPO’s! Quite possibly one of the best things to ever grace this earth! I love that picture of you two in front of the map, serious bad-asses right there. If you’re anything like me..you are going to cry when you are done. For many reasons. You will cry cause you are in pain, you will cry because you’re glad it’s over, you will cry because YOU DID IT, and you will cry because your best friend is right there with you!! NOW GO KICK SOME ASS AND THEN TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT!! GOOD LUCK!! I love you..
OH and you will also kick ass at that 10k. Fo rilz, 6.2 miles will be nothing..you will be like, “where’s the other 20!?”
OMG OMG OMG YOU’re running right now..OMG YOUR’RE RUNNING A MARATHON!! I AM SO EXCITED!! KEEP RUNNING AND KICKING ASS!! It’s 7:55A.M. my time so that means you have to be running..or maybe you’re done cause I think we have a time difference..or maybe you have’t started yet. Maybe it’s a later run. SHAAT JUST RUN YAYAY!
ahhhhhh!!! i just posted my blog about it…. I FINISHED AND QUALIFIED FOR BOSTON. And i did not die. I did however cry and poop.
I just found your blog and how exciting to be doing a marathon. I did my first in Nov 2010 and it did NOT go how I wanted it to go. But the 2 since then have been wonderful
Thank youuuuuuu! just posted my blog about finishing! it was an EXCELLENT first experience overall… but I think next time I’ll be a bit more prepared
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