Quote Originally Posted by teigyr View Post
Saturday is the half-mary. We fly down to Oakland tomorrow and will get situated in Alameda. On Saturday, after the race, we are going to go to Alcatraz. Go figure, all the years I lived in Calif and I never did the San Francisco tourist thing.

It's funny. I alternate between thoughts of "I am not ready for this" to "of course I can do it and what's the worst that can happen, I walk a bit?" to "I just want to finish and feel good about it" to finally "just HOW many people are in my age group and how well do I think I can do?" The last thought is just wishful thinking. The truth is I want to do ok but the main thing is to enjoy it, feel good while I'm doing it (except for those periodic times when I doubt my sanity but that's a good thing) and feel tired but good after. I truly think this will be a fun experience
Good luck, teigyr!!

You're not alone in your thoughts... while I'm "average" and by no means fast, I still think "I wonder how well I'll do compared to others?" I know I can't win, but I can still be a little competitive, right? My local paper lists local finishers of local races and I am always near the bottom (apparently a running town), but hey, slowly climbing up. After we read the local results for a big 12k road race, my dad said "you almost made it to the top 25 female finishers!" Too bad it's not like roller derby, I could probably take some of them out.......