Ha ha, I hope you all know that i am kidding. I don't think I could ever run Boston even if I wanted to! However TODAY my sister ADRIEN did and I am so so proud of her! She is such an athlete and lets talk about her legs...maybe if I can run boston my legs will look like that. Well probably not!!!
Ok I am not running Boston but I am running the Policeman's Half Marathon here in Calgary this weekend. Despite all my running and my active family I have NEVER run a half!! I am getting really nervous. I know that everyone says that I have more then overtrained but I am still scared to death! Am I going to eat enough food, am I going to eat too much. Am I going to get too tired and lose my running partner! I know I am a nervous nelly and I am sure I am putting too much pressure on myself for crying out loud it is a half marthon, anyone can do that and I teach 8 fitness classes a week, but that is just the way I am. I will probably stress all the way to the finish line!
Now in most families the fact that you are running a 1/2 marathon is a great accomplishment...in the ALLEN family it is like "oh really I think my yesterday morning run was farther then that"! (now you wonder why I am putting a little pressure on myself)ha ha
So here is to hoping I don't back out race day! Here is to beating my personal goal!?!? Here is to carbo loading! And here is to proving myself that I can do it!
P.S. If anyone has any good pre race food ideas let me know. My stomach does not do well (however my bag of cadberry eggs, chocolate cake, and pizza in Las Vegas made for great pre run food)!
April 20, 2009
Boston What? Policeman's Half here i come.....
Posted by H and E at 2:42 PM
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I'm so excited for you!! You will do GREAT. You are such a fit superstar to begin with, and if you ran 12 miles a few weeks ago with your sisters, you have nothing to worry about! I will be thinking of you, good luck!! (I have no carbo-loading tips. I carbo load on a daily basis...HA!)
Yay! I'm so excited for you - you're going to LOVE it! Well, I didn't really LOVE my first half, but it sounds like you've been training like a maniac, so it should be a piece of cake. I like to eat a banana and some oatmeal before a race...it's what I eat every time and it's been great. Good luck...can't wait to hear about your experience!!
wow emily! you amazing! you will do great! i want to do a half one day. but instead i think i will stick with my triathlons for a while!
I'm glad to hear that everything went well for Adrien! But you will great, I know it! You do well at everything you work for and this will be no different. Good Luck, I will be thinking of you as well. I can't wait to hear about it!
Haha! I laughed about your 'a half is no big deal' Allen attitude. Love it!
Good luck! I think that's awesome. I'm a lot like you and I started training this month for a half marathon in August and I'm STILL nervous that's not enough time. You'll rock it, though! Please post about it after you run!
I always eat the same thing as Kerri, oatmeal and a banana. Make sure that you hydrate the couple of days before the race, not on race day. You are going to amaze yourself!!! Maybe you should add a little anti-anxiety meds to your oatmeal for the next couple of days. :)
You are going to do AWESOME. I will be like you when I grow up.
You will rock it. You kicked all our buts in Vegas!!! You are amazing and I wish I had your whole body! I love you.
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