Going to be completely honest: Not really sure how I am going to make it through 13.1 miles tomorrow. I’m still exhausted from the marathon two weeks ago, and I was debating today not running the Brooklyn Half tomorrow. But I figure I have the bib, why not just go run and have fun?
So I’m off to Brooklyn to Carla‘s apartment (she lives super close to the Brooklyn Half start)! BOOYAH! 4:30 am wake up call just turned into a 6 am wake up call. I win.
Then I am heading back to Connecitcut for the weekend to celebrate a couple Birthdays.
Super, crazy excited to have all 6 besties from High School in CT for the same night. See you girls tomorrow:
Also, Meggie found this article by Shawn Johnson titled “I was always trying to be a few pounds lighter.” It’s a must read.
Have you ever run a race that you didn’t really want to run? Sign up for a race and then later back out? TELL ME.
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So jealous…my wake up time is like 4:15 am!! Boo. I should probably be sleeping right now.
Good luck and have fun tomorrow!! Maybe I’ll see you out there – my bib is the same color so we are probably in the same corral
DC Rock N Roll half – had to back out because I wasn’t ready post-injury.
I say enjoy getting a tan tomorrow (tan not burn!), take walk breaks if you need it, and just enjoy a nice summer day.
Im running tomorrow, too! & I am very jealous of your wake up time!! Good luck:)
Good luck tomorrow! I usually sign up for races long in advance and a few times that came back to haunt me. Like last year when I got a stress fracture and ended up on crutches two weeks before the Broad Street Run. And then a couple months later I had to switch to the 5k from a half marathon cause I wasn’t ready. It happens sometimes.
Sounds like you have a good plan though – have fun! It’s going to be a beautiful day!
I signed up for a summer race last year, right after I ran my 1st 1/2 marathon. It was an impulse sign-up, feeding off of my runner’s high, and when summer came, I had relocated to a new state with my husband and got lazy. It was too hot for training and so when race day came around, I skipped it. I felt really, really guilty. But then it poured rain really hard on race morning and I felt a bit better. hehe. It was an expensive race too, because it was a RnR one… My husband was not that happy about me skipping it.
I am SURE you will enjoy your race once you start running. Take in the sites, wave to the spectators, bring your phone and take photos if it is a scenic/fun race. Once you start moving, I think you’ll enjoy it. Good luck!
I’ve never backed out of a race but I have run races just for fun when I decided I didn’t want to or shouldn’t be racing them. Just enjoy the run and have fun!
I don’t want to run this morning
Sorry I forgot to ask how it went yesterday! Looking forward to catching up soon.
A little bird told me you still rocked it, but just want to say it’s A-OK to take a race easy so soon after a marathon. Recovery isn’t supposed to happen overnight! I ran a 5K the week after the Houston Marathon and felt like I was hoofing it. Go you.
I am currently signed up for a half that I shouldn’t run due to an injury. Since I convinced a bunch of other people to run it, it’s making me crazy!
NYC Half, Boston Marathon……..STUPID BACK INJURY.
Hope you had fun!!