Until the race. I bought a new shirt and hat yesterday! The shirt has a little zipped pocket on the hem... but I might just wear another shirt I like better -without a pocket. The woman at the running store (who is one of the race organizers) said that all I need to have with me is my car key, driver's license, and some money - and I can stash those in my bra. I don't need to carry gel because they will be giving it away at every aid station (every 2 miles).
I cancelled all the rest of my appointments with sponsees for this week. I need to do very little other than work, eat, go to church twice, and SLEEP. One sponsee I expected to feel hurt and maybe resentful surprised me when she said that I was a good role model because I had good boundaries and was doing good self care. And I thought I was just being incredibly self-centered!
I was going to take a quick run this morning, but my back hurts and I slept later than I wanted. So I will go to work and take a quick run after I get home. It will be good to get out in the afternoon heat since it is supposed to get up in the 80s on Sunday, which is not something anyone around here is used to. Thank You for listening to this endless race-talk.
Oh, and I was looking through my site meter this morning, and found someone got to my blog by searching "fast anonymity." This person was from a middle-eastern country because google's English was interspersed with Arabic (I assume). I copied what I think is "Anonymous Alcoholic" in Arabic: ترجم هذه الصفحة (OH MY GOODNESS! I just clicked on this link, and it is my very own blog translated into Arabic! Holy Cow!)
"We know that if we rebel against doing that which is reasonably possible for us, then we will be penalized. And we will be equally penalized if we presume in ourselves a perfection that simply is not there." -- As Bill Sees It, p. 159
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We all have the chance to be good role models when we make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of Allah as we understand Him.
Oh my gosh, I am getting so excited for you! i have always thought you were a great role model- giving when we'd rather not sends a message that we don't count- and YOU definately DO!
Love ya MC
It's as well I don't drive a car as I don't have a bra to hold my keys...and things. Lol.
You sound like the best dressed runner in town. :)
What is this gel of which you speak?
http://www.powerbar.com/Products/PowerGel/
or
http://www.gusports.com/
It's good stuff!
I was going to enquire about this gel as well...but you beat me to the question and the answer. I like that is has 4X the sodium of other gels.
(yep, I'm a sick man)
I wonder what they had in mind when searching for "fast anonymity", hmmmm.
MC, now you take care of yourself, ya heah. It's a God Shot when the response is better than we expect. I think that's why we aren't supposed to project. Now if I could only follow that. GO MC.
I haven't stashed anything in my bra in years(-: Good luck
I am getting excited for ya MC, and proud fo you for pushing yourself to do this,a nd for sticking with it. You go, girl!
That's awesome. Good luck on your half marathon. Last year, I ran a 5k. I don't run. I actually was still smoking at the time. But, I finished! Although, humility forces me to admit that I was passed by more than one person pushing a baby in a stroller... :(
Best of luck again!
I am praying for you.. beat that young blonde woman. Also watch the arab writing big bro is watching lol
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