Well good morning quads and shoulders! Holy moly bootcamp last night. Last night Tony tested our strength and I am excited to say I did 40 REAL pushups!!! Eeeek! I've NEVER done that many! However while at pier1 with Girl this morning I had to put my purse in the carriage because it was hurting my shoulders (in a good way of course). I like seeing the progress my body is making :)
You know what I realized I'm maybe the most excited about with this whole journey? I am going to be able to buy one of the 26.2 stickers for my car!! I was at the park this morning and saw one on a car and thought, "that person did it". He or she put the time and miles in to proudly say they finished running 26.2 miles at one time. When you are in a car that seems like such a small distance, even on a bike it doesn't seem too far. But to run that distance! There are so many people that will never be able to say they did that. I am so excited to test my body and my mind. Running that distance I am sure will take a toll on my mental thinking. I'm sure there will be miles that I'm thinking "what in the world were you thinking!?" or "I'm not sure if I am strong enough to finish this distance". But I will try to shush the evil thoughts with my mantra, "Dont. Even. Think. About. Quitting."
There have been some people I've talked to about runnig a marathon and all of them said your only goal should be to finish... Even the holy Grail mentioned that for the first one. But I can't allow that to be my only goal. I'm not training for the race ONLY to say, "hey at least I finished". Nope. Im too competitive for that. I do have other smaller goals. They may seem silly to some but it's what I want to accomplish. For starters, my goal is to put my best effort into training to: 1.finish between 4 hours 20 minutes and 4 hours and 40 minutes. Yes that may be a big gap, but I've never run that far so I would like to leave some wiggle room. 2. Not to walk until mile 13.1. Since I have run a few half marathons I think this small goal can be accomplished. And by walking I don't mean when I stop for a cup of water. I have tried time and again to run while drinking from a cup only to spill half of it on my chest and choke on the other half. By walking I mean to put the brakes on and move to the side so others can pass me. And 3. Enjoy the race. Seems simple right? Well perhaps for some it would be. But I know I'm going to be running and looking at others gliding past me, thinking "cripes Lynne do better". But I am going to really try to enjoy each mile I run. To not beat myself up if in fact I do have to walk at mile 10 because I have a cramp. Enjoy the fact that I spent 7months training to be the best runner I can be. And if I cross the finish at 4:41:00 the world won't end. :)
So thanks for the "encouragement" but I know I can do better than "just finish".
"Never settle for mediocrity when you can have greatness"
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