Countdown to Dallas White Rock Marathon
It’s less than 6.5 days until I start running my first marathon. I’ve been through some emotional lows in the past week and have had doubts about even trying. At this point in time, I plan on running it and doing my best to finish it (preferably in the 6.5 hour window). I did a 3 hour walk today with my running partner and it helped me mentally prepare for the temperatures and recognize where I was lacking in my choice of clothing.
So I’ve already started packing my running gear… I still have to pack for the hotel stay as we plan on spending Saturday and Sunday night at the Marriott only about a mile or so away from the American Airlines Center. This will reduce time to get to the event and to allow for a place to crash away from our home and all the clutter and such there. We’ll relax and tackle everything after we get home on Monday.
I haven’t been posting except on twitter or facebook and most of that is due to the emotional roller coaster I’ve been on, combined with work stress as I’ve been pretty much doing overtime most weekdays since I got back from my vacation in October.
Perhaps things will clear up soon… but it’s not looking very promising. I’ll post a full report of my marathon (finish or not) next week.
For those of you wanting to know some basic details of my upcoming experience:
Dallas White Rock Marathon
When: Sunday, December 13th, 2009
Start: 8:00am (with a small break for a wedding)
End: around 2:00pm (that is approx. 6 hours)
Updates: watch my twitter account as I intend on pretyping a text for every mile of the marathon and will send them only as I feel necessary. They should also post to my facebook page.
Bib #: 5003
December 7th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Hey there I am really rooting for you to do your best finish or not I am proud to know you did a marathon. I am going to do the 3day this next year with Danna and keep her going too. If I could do it I would have loved to run the marathon with you. Will pray for you to do your best and to be careful.