It has been a super busy few days. I am behind on everything, work, laundry, reading, blogging, eating, sleeping.....you get the point.
This past Saturday I ran the Foot Pursuit 5k. I placed first in my Age Group at 24:45. I was going for a PR and missed it by 2 seconds.... Oh well. It was a fun race put on by my friend Linda and the race raised over $2000 for the Special Olympics.
I will be adding some extra speed work into my training after the Half this weekend to hopefully get my 5k time under 24 mins.
Speaking of the half this weekend, only 4 days left until the Nashville Country Music Half....I am really nervous...like dry mouth, nauseous, pitting out just thinking about it...nervous. I wasn't this nervous before the last two Half marathons that I ran. I think I am putting
Saturday night I had a dream that I was running the Half and I was staring at my Garmin and no matter how fast I ran I could not get my pace under 9:30......I woke up pretty freaked out. I never have anxiety dreams.
I ran my last big training run on Sunday. A 12 miler that started off rough and turned into an 11 miler. That run didn't do anything for my confidence....yesterday I did an easy 2 miles, this evening I will do an easy 4 miles, tomorrow I will do a 30 min tempo run and then Thursday and Friday I will
My friend and running buddy Angie put a race care package together for me yesterday that included everything I will need for race day, GU, new race socks, kleenex(because the porta-potties are ALWAYS out of T.P.), sanitizer wipes, my favorite cherry Laffy Taffy(for after the race) and some other great goodies!! Angie has really been a huge support and it is nice to have someone to keep me accountable as race day approaches. Especially when normally I would be feeding my anxiety like a mad woman, Angie continually reminds me to eat clean. And I have been eating clean....... for about 2 days....;)
The rest of the week I will be focusing on peace. I am happy to serve a God who is the Prince of peace!
What do you do to calm your nerves before a big race?
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10 comments:
Congrats on the AG Win! So cool. You are going to do great this weekend! Try to relax and have fun!
I don't run a lot of races because I get myself all worked up...but once race day gets there I can slow down and try to just take it all in and remember I did this for the whole journey!
Nashville is such a fun race too!
I know the feeling! I just talked about it on my race report from a 5K on Saturday! I haven't figured out how to calm my nerves! My next race is a 1/2 and I really do need to figure out how to relax before it! As with most things in my life the more I prepare everything out in my mind the better I do. You'd think after running a good amount of races I wouldn't get so nervous! At least I know I am not alone in this! Good luck!
You're going to have a great race--just look at how you performed at the 5k; use that as a confidence booster. And I think it's good you "only" got in 11 since you're so close to your race. Rest up and be ready!
I think you'll be more than fine! Run strong!
I honestly hope you don't put so much pressure on yourself that you aren't able to enjoy it. HAVE FUN!!!
Great job on the age group win! That is awesome!
your going to be great this weekend!! Don't waste all that energy on stressing it!!
Awesome job on the win!! YOu'll do great, no worries. :)
Hi April,
Woo hoo, congrats on your first place age group win!! That is fantastic...you will have that 5k time down before you know it:)
I just had a half marathon last weekend and I was so nervous too!! Is your race going to have pacers? If they do I would say use them. It is such a big help running with an experienced runner...they will help you to stay on task. You are doing so good with your running, I am sure that you are going to be just fine:) Remember a little nervousness is healthy!! Good luck April!
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