There is less than 5 weeks to go until race day! YIKE-EEEEE!
Training has been going about as well as can be expected. My long distance runs are up to 20 miles. My feet hurt. My back hurts. My brain hurts....but all in all I'm doing pretty well!
I have never given birth but I liken my total lunacy of doing this again to Mothers who have more than one child. I'm told that if women remembered how painful giving birth was, no one would have more than one kid! Selective Retention.
All I remember about last year is what a wonderful feeling it was to cross the finish line. And to have people that I admire and respect waiting for me there. I forgot about the pain each long run generated as I prepared for the big day. I forgot about my inability to gracefully climb stairs after a long run or in fact my difficulty in just plain walkin' without looking like I'm 142 years old desperately looking for a railing to hold on to to keep me upright. Or how funny I must look holding on to the vanity for dear life as I VERRRY SLOWWWWLY lift one violently trembling leg into the pants I have positioned perfectly on the floor so that I don't have to lift my leg more than a few inches. Then switching arms to balance as I shakily lift the other leg into the other leg hole. And when I have successfully gotten my legs into their correct pants-puttin'-on-position, I wish with all my being that I had The Force with me to lift those pants to their proper place on my behind so that I wouldn't have to bend over to do it myself! Selective Retention.
And speaking of pain and Mothers.......
I poke fun that no one reads this blog. 2.2 readers I've joked. Well, my very own Mother admitted to me that she doesn't read it. MY VERY OWN MOTHER!!! I feel like a red-headed step child. She doesn't read my blog!?!?! So here is a picture of her in a bathing suit....that'll teach her!!! Doesn't read my blog.......
Be well everyone!
