8 Days Til Half Marathon

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What up goal crushers! 8 days!  8 days left until my first half marathon! Wow, I really need to stop and let that soak in for a minute. It’s astonishing to see how far I’ve come, from not running at all to my running first 5K then 10 now preparing to run first half marathon. I must that I’m very proud of myself for sticking with the training because lord knows there have been times where I wanted to quit and go eat a whole cake and a gallon of butter pecan ice cream. Now all I need to do is make it to the starting line injury free. I have 8 days to my first half marathon and the butterflies are starting to emerge from their cocoons and stir around in my stomach. At times I can’t tell if its nervousness or the runners runs going on inside of me. I’ve been mentally preparing for the race however controlling my own thoughts of disbelief is a daunting task.  Questions like: did I train hard enough; will I be able to complete the race; why didn’t you run in Jamaica; run through my mind as if they are training to hold me down during the race. I even caught myself unconsciously saying, “I’m capable of running and finishing this race,” as if positive thoughts are in combat with the negative ones. All of this is happen while my body just wants to get the thing over with… Yea I have a lot going on right now. So with a week and a day left until the half marathon, I have a 10 miler set for this Sunday. Tapering will begin on Monday, where I will not run any distance over 4 mile in order to save my legs for the big day.

Question of the day: Do you have pre-race nervousness? If so, how do you combat it?

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