Getting Ready for the Half Marathon!

Wow, does that has a TV screen in it or something? Sounds kind of cool. I'm usually not much of a treadmill person (well, technically I don't think I've ever tried one), but with all this rain I keep thinking maybe I should get one. Thanks! I will definitely try to have fun on this race course. Part of it has a nice ocean view.

Good thing you mentioned about the weather! I forgot to check again today. Earlier everything was saying the rain would stop Sunday. But today it was clear too much and now some rain has been pushed back to tomorrow morning. I hope that won't be too much rain. But I guess I've run in rain before and can do it again. Yes, we have a Sears near here, I should check that out. But now I guess I should get to sleep so I can wait up bright and early at 3:30am!

It has a screen so you can see the path or trail you are " running" Do you have a sears near you?Please tell me you will have nice weather Sunday! As I write this we are getting al Lot of snow!

Thanks!! It's better not to sign up if you may not be ready, as I know a few people who signed up, paid, and then realized just a week before that they would not be able to do it. So that's definitely smart of you. You'll get there! I did eat some energy jelly beans ahead of time, but usually eating while running doesn't work well for me. I know during the marathon I'll have to though and I'm hoping they'll have good stuff along the course. The half marathon had weird energy food, but I realize I probably should have at least had some electrolyte stuff they offered. I definitely hit the wall, so apparently I ran out of glycogen supplies. But I guess now at least that prepares me better for the marathon, because if I didn't hit the wall here I probably would have hit it much too quickly at the marathon. Now I know I should probably eat along the course, take electrolytes instead of just water, and start off much much much slower!

Yes, finished the pasta a couple hours ago and about to go to bed. I went with a friend to pick up the number and she wanted me to eat some Chinese food tonight. But no way was I having a veggie bowl, I need that pasta energy. I am so nervous! I hope I can sleep!

Yeah, some people have told me negative splits are a good thing. I only wish I had followed the plan! My running partner followed the plan and did very well! However, I started off too fast for easy, but it felt easy with the adrenaline. But then I picked up the pace more for the tempo run that was meant to last to mile 10. And at mile 8 I was doing so badly I thought I'd have to flag down medical (see above post). I slowed way down and figured I'd speed up at mile 10 as planned. Then I got to mile 10 and said it would be 11. And that went on until I was just struggling to even finish the race. I never saw my friends who were supposed to be there cheering, not sure what happened to them. At first I was feeling pretty bad that I didn't follow the plan and all that, but then I realized that at least I finished and I never stopped running, just slowed way down occasionally.

Well, since it was my first half marathon I guess at least I got an automatic personal best out of it. I wish I hadn't started feeling so badly around mile 8 though. But now that I look back and realize how great those first 8 miles were I still feel like it was a pretty good race.

It probably would have been smart if I had actually done that, lol. I ended up just going for completion after I started feeling so badly that I thought I'd have to flag down medical and quit. But I did manage to finish! Now the marathon in March is really terrifying me. Hope your half goes well!

Don't worry, my belly is pretty wobbly too! I'm going to try to work on my core muscles after the half marathon is over though. I don't know if that will help or not though, I've always had my weight mostly around my belly area. I'll definitely let you know how the race goes!