Pre-race Jitters

Well tomorrow is the big day...my first big race since April 2012...the Reindeer Dash for Cash 10 Miler. My training fell short after coming down with a cold shortly after my 8 mile run and I was down for two weeks...only feeling like myself in the last couple of days.

I am really scared that I won't be able to finish the race without having to walk a majority of it...my last training run went great...my 8 miler, I did 7:1 intervals and my average pace was 13 seconds faster than my 7 miler and I ran that without any walk breaks...I am going to stick with the 1 minute of walking every 7 minutes since that seemed to work for me during my training run. I know my lungs aren't completely 100% yet, so I am not really sure what time to aim for...I guess just finishing should be my goal...prior to getting sick I really had a goal of 1:50 or less which would have me right on target for my half marathon training even though my training doesn't officially start until Monday...but after completing 10 miles finishing 13.1 is a piece of cake right...after all a half is just a 5K with a 10 mile warm up...right?!?!?!

I guess I have to look at it this way...even if I do end up having to walk it...my walking pace is now where my run pace was when I did my first 10 mile race in 2011...so either way it goes...I will PR for that distance...

Fingers crossed...and wish me luck

<3 Bobbie