Will Run For Ice Cream

I just had to share. I could totally identify with this video. It's hard to believe that I am 5 weeks away from my 2nd Marathon!

I just saw a Video post of the Garden Spot Village Marathon that I ran. I'm the chick by the tractor. :) But I was in 3 glimpses of the video. You can watch the video here. http://youtu.be/Au9pWZ-r_Os Half marathon training is coming along. I have an 8 miler on the books tomorrow. I guess it will be an early morning start for me! 

Well, today was my last run before the marathon. One more day, and then it's 'the day'. I'm a ball of excitement and nervousness. Tomorrow I will decide for sure what I'm wearing and get everything all laid out for Saturday morning. I took the advice of friends and decided to carpool. I'm riding down with someone who is doing the Half, and plan to ride back with Hubby and Lil Man. I'm a little nervous about getting there later than I had planned on, but I've been assured by my fellow running friend that we will be there in PLENTY of time. So I'm going to go with it. :) I've been told that nervousness is normal - major anxiety not so much. I'm more on the nervous side of things verses anxiety. Think of me as a cool breeze on a hot summer day. Ok, that's taking it a little far. Just think of me as not huddling in the corner crying I can't do this. I know this run will be full of emotions. I know I will cry. How much and how often ...

I can't say this was a GREAT run, but it left me with a feeling of accomplishment that I finished it. I did 5 hilly miles this morning. Glad I tested out the Ipod that went through the washer. After 2 weeks in rice, it was working again. It took a charge. It played music. However, the volume doesn't work. It's 'stuck', and it's stuck on a very loud volume. So it was a good thing that I tested it before race day. One more LR (8 miles) then a couple of short runs... then 26.2. We are having scheduling conflicts with my last LR. So I'm considering a late afternoon run tomorrow. I don't usually like running in the afternoon/evenings. But if I can get my LR in tomorrow, that will free up Saturday morning. So for now, that's the plan. I'll drop Lil Man off with Hubby, and I'll get in my last LR. The time is counting down...