My race is SUnday

[Barbday62]

I have not shared a lot in this board about my half marathon. I am running my 4th Half this Sunday. I have spent the past 14 weeks running/Power Walking close to 200 miles. Im pretty nervous right now. They mentioned a chance of rain and I have never trained in any rain before. Im a little older than young, lol (Lets just say my kids are in their early 20's) and I only started doing half marathons a year and a half ago. Im super slow but I like to be like a turtle. I stay steady and strong to the end. I normally finish the 13 miles the same speed as I start with in a tenth of a mile. I try to stay about 4mph but tend to do most of it 3.8 to 3.9 mph. (I have a fancy GPS to tell me my speed)

 

[MomsGoneGoofy]

Good Luck on Sunday

 

[dawnita]

Good luck and congrats! We will be cheering for you.

 

[whs_singingrose]

Good luck in your race!

 

[souper]

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I'm sure you will do great.

"Go Barbday62 Go!"
"Go Barbday62 Go!"
"Go Barbday62 Go!"

 

[Barbday62]

Thank you everyone. I appreciate the nice words. I think what is making me so nervous is this is the first time I signed up for a race with hills. My first and third half marathon was at Disneyland and its relatively flat course and the hills were short and far between, THen my second half marathon was the Rock and Roll in Arizona and its just about completly a flat course. I been psyching myself up these past few months to do this and then I have worked at 3 to 3.5 incline on my treadmill for my weekly training and out on the street for my long stuff on Saturdays. Then yesterday when they said a chance of rain I about fell apart. Im working real hard on my head stuff right now. Thats why I though its good to share with others as it helps!! Thanks so much. This half marathon is in Oro Valley Arizona and its 6.5 miles out 6.5 miles back and all of it is hills. I expect to take about 3.5 hours to finish unless it rains then Im sure Ill be slower.