San Francisco Marathon – the day before
So I am writing this on my way to SF to pick up my race pack for tomorrow’s half marathon. I chose this image as it sort of represents alot of things that I am feeling right now about race. There’s the bridge, that I’ll be running to an fro on and spending 5 intimate miles on, under and around. There’s the fog which aside from the blustery coldness (if you know me at all you know what a wimp I am when it comes to cold weather), represents the unknown. You can only see so far ahead, and there’s a mystery as to what is beyond the visible. Will I be able to finish? Will I have fun? Will I further injure myself? Will I ever, ever sign up for anything like this again?
Right now I am nursing an IT band ‘thing’ – I am not prepared to call it an injury at this point, but after tomorrow, I just may change my diagnosis. I have been stretching it and rolling it, poking and prodding it but like a stubborn child, it appears that it is going to do things it’s own way. I plan on taking some meds, so I can at least ignore it during the run, hopefully that will help. I am prepared to stop running during the race if it comes to that, but I’d really feel like a chump if I quit. I guess I’ll know more tomorrow!
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