EMF half marathon
My race number has arrived! Must be real then huh?! The race is a week on Sunday and I am excited and nervous in pretty equal measure.
I ran my first (and only other) half 9 years ago in a time of 2'32. For the longest time I was embarrassed at how long it took, until Mr. CT suggested I consider how many people complete one full stop. Gosh he is a great person to know. I'm hoping to do this one a bit quicker, but we'll see.
It has been interesting to see how I have found the training this time compared with last time. I didn't run before the first one. I played hockey, but didn't run per se. I could eat what I liked and get hardly any sleep and it wouldn't affect me much. I started running after my step brother died, to act as a distraction/way of dealing with the myriad of feelings that brought with it. This time, I have a half in the bag, so that anxiety about being actually able to do it isn't there. But, if I miss lunch or stay up half the night or have a couple of drinks the night before the training is hard (er)!!! This time, I joined up so that it would stop me from working late. That worked, sometimes... :-)
All the best Rachel!! The week before is your rest week, I hope you are taking this seriously...I tried To go to bed early every night even if just to read....
ReplyDeleteI always find it amazing to hear of people being able to run a half with no training!! I suppose it's an age thing! Sounds like you've got all the preparation in the bag, and that all important mental confidence : this is not unknown and you know you can do it. I hope you enjoy it too :-)
I'll be thinking of you x
Thanks so much for your support Winnie! The race is a week on Sunday, so I've a few more training runs this week then a rest week. Yay! Good advice on getting plenty of rest in non-running spheres too - I hadn't thought of that! :-) x
DeleteGood luck! It takes me 3 hours+ to finish half a marathon, so yeah... :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! It may take 3 hours + but you finish it. Jeepers, I've come to realise that signing up is even an achievement. :-) how are you and your lovely little one?
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