Ummm... gonna need some SERIOUS vibes...
Hey Ladies-
Hope all is well out there in TE land. I haven't been around much lately because I've been in my winter molt.
Now the sad thing is I was SUPPOSE to be training for a marathon... sigh...
But I think after 4 stand alone marys and an IM mary I'm just burned out on the 26.2 mi distance- and more importantly the training.
I just cannot for the life of me get motivated to run for longer than 2 hours. I've done a couple of three hour runs, but I should have done at least 2 in the four hour range. Lets just say I'm slow (thats the nice way to put it). My marathon PR is a whopping 5:47, so a two hour run is just barely getting going.
Well my race is next weekend - walt disney world- and I've been dreading the day for the last couple of weeks. I know that I'm in no shape for it,
but I figured I would just muttle through it as best as I can. I'm hoping that the good old muscle memory will kick in magically at some point :rolleyes:
And then I saw the weather forecast for the race...
low 62, high 84, 71% humidity!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:
Ok, I have embraced the arid desert that is Phoenix. I LOVE my dry air. LOVE it!! And I HATE humidity! When I was visiting our friends in Atlanta a couple of years ago I about DIED from the humidity! On my run I felt like I was being suffocated.
So here I am, facing 26.2 sun drenched miles with the humidity smothering me like an old wet blanket..... And I'm way undertrained to begin with....
Sigh... This is gonna be a TRAIN WRECK!!!!!
At this point I'm just going to try to keep on target to make it in under the 7 hour cut off! And I was hoping to come in around 5:30.... Sigh... Whaddya gonna do?
I suppose I have to own up to the fact that I chose not to train properly, and just do the best I can. And of course hope for some miracle!!!
Maybe Jenny Ewing will be watching over me that day and she can offer me some cooling effects from her wings... All I know is I'm gonna need an angel that day. Yes I am...
So please wish me luck! And send some dry air vibes my way next sunday. Oh and some running legs wouldn't hurt either... :p
Ciao!
Denise :o
Thanks girls! I'm off in the am
Ok girlies (and silvers hubby too if your reading this) I'll be winging my way to the house of mouse in just a few hours. I was hoping to meet my brevet hero, but it looks like she'll be busy. BOO HOO!!
Thanks for all your well wishes. You guys have really pumped me up and changed my outlook. I'm just going to go out there and have fun! I'm even gonna take a camera and just enjoy the day!
As long as I don't go off and get heat stroke and end up in the med tent I'll be golden. But the thing with me is I know to slow down before something like that happens. I've been an aid station captain at full iron distance races for too long. I know what to look out for.
So anyhoo, I'll try to check in post race, but if I can't, I'll catch ya'll when I get home.
Ciao bellas!
Be safe out there!!
Denise