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5/29-6/2

True to the constant busyness of my life, I found myself packing on Thursday, for my trip to San Diego without having completed any of the short runs on my training schedule. It made me a little nervous, but I reminded myself that these runs were to keep me loose and moving, but mostly they were put in place for a sanity check. It’s easy to get going on a run and “panic” that you can’t do it because you haven’t gone for any runs in the last week or so, but even a 2 mile or 20 minute run is going to keep your mind out of that place. I decided to swing the kettlebell for a while I took a break from packing. That got my heart rate up and loosened up some muscles for me without putting in a running workout. I decided that’s probably all I really needed, since I’ve been doing plenty of walking around and up and down the ladder all week.

Friday I got picked up from the airport and then we spent some time walking around Seaport Village before heading to packet pick up and walking around the expo. I decided all that walking was more than sufficient to skip my final 20 minute run. I didn’t want to over-do anything before Sunday.

Sunday morning came, and I was feeling a little nervous, but also pretty confidant and ready to run. By the time the race started I was feeling pretty antsy. My corral was finally released and I got a little emotional – I was just so excited and proud of myself that I had done the training and was finally there, on the course, running in my first half marathon. I didn’t have a time goal, except to finish before they started picking up the stragglers. I more than exceeded that goal, as I sprinted through the downhill finish line for a 3:19:43 official time!

Weekly totals:

13.1 Miles ran, 0 lbs lost