Just look up and reach to the sky, we all have the courage to fly! (comments welcome)

[jmasgat]

Another month with no updates, but there was really nothing to update anyways, since there hasn't really been anything noteworthy.

I'm a week from my half, and had probably my worst run yet yesterday. I set myself up to fail by not eating lunch. Then, as soon as my warmup was done and I started the real workout, my head went to a bad place and I just kept telling myself I couldn't do it. Lots of negative self talk, which is not usual. I could not shake it off, and skipped the last interval of the run. Now I'm questioning if can I even help pace my sister for this half on Sunday (logically I know I can, but emotionally? That's a whole different story).

A race is different than training. (well, yes, of course) There's something about being out on the course, with other runners around you--the pace you are "supposed to" run just seems to come. And I say this as someone who is not into "WooHoo you are so great, you can do this" kind of pumping up. I have just found that sometimes training feels like "no", but on race day it turns into "yes"--no explanation.

Trust the training you've done and good luck.

 

[accm]

After unnecessarily worrying that I wouldn't be able to pace my sister for her first half, I helped her finish in 2:02:16! She went in set on finishing in under 2hr, but I convinced her to start off with the 2:10 pacers. We very quickly left them behind, but I kept an eye on my watch and got her to stay around a 9:30 pace until the halfway point, where we got a bit faster. I tried to push her harder once we were close to the finish, but she had nothing else. Overall, a really great first half for her with perfect running weather.

My son also ran the kids 2.4km race. He beat his usual running times by a long shot. We used a 75/30 run/walk/run interval, but ended up doing 75 seconds of hard running, 15 sec walk, 15 sec jog. He averaged a 8:21 running interval pace, with an overall pace of 9:02. He was disappointed about not placing in his age group, but I reminded him he was going against 10 year olds, and he's 7. Now he's really excited about the possibility of not starting in the last corral for MW.