Day 336: The Day Before the Race

Well, this is it kids. I've trained for an entire year to run in the Los Angeles Marathon. All the painful runs, the endless search for the best fitted running shoe, visiting the podiatrist to get fitted for orthodics, early morning runs before the sun was up, blisters, aches, pains, nauseousness, stomach rumblings, frustration ... I mean with all these symptoms it's a wonder anyone would go through with the actual run!

I'm not exaggerating when I say there were runs over the past year that were downright brutal. Intense pain to the point of excruciating. I just wouldn't let up. I want to run this race and finish and I can't let my mind, or my body be weak.

But today it is all about staying focused and being mentally prepared to face the day tomorrow. Go to bed early, wake at 3:30 a.m. and don't look back.

I remember telling my friend and trainer Melody Roset, "I want to run a marathon in honor of my 50th Birthday," ... that was a year ago... I couldn't even run one mile without being winded... I couldn't even visualize running 26 miles... couldn't comprehend it... but every week we ran one more mile, one more mile... I ran a 5k, then a 10k, then a half marathon.... I trained VERY, VERY hard.

I was focused, committed and goal driven. For those of you who know me well, you know that if I commit to something, somebody, I will follow through. I will not let you down and I will not let myself down.

Run Robyn Run!

Preparing for the Race

Crazy weekend ahead. Hubby Brian is out of town stumping for his new business ACN. He's in San Diego attending a conference with his ACN colleagues. Go ACN TEAM! I'm in total prep mode for tomorrow morning's 10k Santa Monica Venice Christmas Race.

The teenagers play football after school in the Palisades on most Friday's so I headed out there late today to round one of them up while the other one spent the night at a friend's house. They both have to leave very early Saturday morning to head to Palmdale (more then an hour away) where they each have double-header baseball games.

So today was a lot of prep, coordinating and juggling schedules so everyone gets where they need to be in the morning. Especially because I too was leaving at 6 a.m. and the big man Brian is out of town. So what happens with these races, and games and plans becomes much more then the day of as we have a lot of moving parts with family members all traveling in different directions. I'm exhausted from all the planning.

Got to get to bed so I can get up before the sun and start all over again!