I ran a marathon!! I RAN A MARATHON!! I just keep saying it over and over again... me, Carrie, the person who hadn't run more than a mile since probably 7th grade. It feels so great to have actually trained and had the discipline to do something that I really never thought I would do. Even during my training I had questioned whether or not I would actually do it.
So here's how my marathon week went...
Saturday before the marathon - I ran my last long run, it was just 6 miles and it felt great. I actually have started enjoying my runs... let me tell you, its all in the shoes
Sunday before the marathon - Marilee and I volunteered at the USAFit marathon. It was a great marathon deemed "Everyone's Marathon". This marathon was specially created for those that couldn't get into the Houston Marathon or couldn't finish in the six hours. it was a great day for the marathon, nice weather and great location. It was also great to see people actually finishing it really helped me start to visualize how my finish was going to be. After the marathon, Marilee and I drove the marathon route. It took FOREVER and started to make me a little nervous for this weekend.
The rest of the week I completed my timed runs and tried to calm my nerves by picturing what it would be like to finish the marathon. I pictured it over and over again.
On Wednesday, Marilee and I went to the Fort Bend Fit Pasta dinner. Time to start loading up on Carbs! Jeff Galloway was the guest speaker and after listening to him Marilee and I came up with the plan to divide the course in to 4 parts and start with 2-1 intervals then increase to 3-1, 4-1, and 5-1. The last two miles were going to be a free for all, just finish however you can.
Saturday I spent the day just getting things ready and going over the plan over and over. Hub came down at about 6pm. She came into town to watch me and Liz in the marathon. So Saturday night we watched "Run Fat Boy Run" (which wasn't as great as people said it was) and went to bed. I had a hard time sleeping. I couldn't decide if I was nervous or excited. But either way, come Sunday morning I was running :)
2 comments:
Congrats Carrie! Mat and I were glad to be there to cheer you guys on. :)
I'm so proud of you and Marilee. It's really neat that you ran a marathon. And you are right, it's lots of discipline to train.
I'm excited you are coming to run the half in a few months.
What shoes are you wearing? I had to switch because I hurt my foot.
I never sleep before I run the half. I usually wake up at least a dozen times, because I'm afraid I'm going to oversleep.
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