Purling Sprite: The Day has Arrived

Tomorrow by this time, I will be about in mile 3 of the Ogden Half Marathon. By 9:30am, I should be crossing the finish line and bringing my training for the past three months to an end. In a sense, I feel a little sad that the day has finally come and then I won't have anything to look forward to which has lead me to think of another half or a possible full marathon, the Top of Utah. My neighbor Nish keeps nudging me to prep for the full marathon in September but I don't know if I have enough time...I would need to dedicate about 4 hours one day a week to a looooooong run...I don't know if I can commit to so much time nor to so much distance; but maybe, just the Half. We'll see how I feel after tomorrow's experience.

The past week has been an easy one, I have even knitted two items for the next issue of LKC, which only means that I have been on my butt more than the weeks before. I have tried very hard not to exercise too hard nor to injury myself doing dumb things...like falling off my bike again. Speaking of falling off the bike, my leg is healing well, except that I have a slight strained right ankle from not being able to clip out of my shoes. The right calf is also sporting a huge round bruise, the remains of the pedal hitting me right on the back.

I am excited about tomorrow and anxious as this will be my very first race. A few friends and my darling Sam will be there but we are all at different paces which will have us all finishing at different times. I keep thinking of the items I need to pack, the indecision of carrying my own little water bottles as I do when I run by myself....one more day, one more.