I am so thankful to have been able to run a race this morning with some friends. I have ran in a Thanksgiving race several times now and I just like doing it. I am thankful for the good weather and just the ability to go run.
Now to go help  prepare the Thanksgiving turkey. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving with friends and family!
Lastly, I am sharing a link that shows my race time for today.
Turkey Trot – 2011 by reneamador at Garmin Connect – Details.
Tomorrow morning, I run my half-marathon race.
All that work to run 13.1 miles. I am excited yet nervous. How best to describe how I feel? The dialog from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King says it best! Looking forward to the battle . . .
Pippin: It’s so quiet.
Gandalf: It’s the deep breath before the plunge.
Pippin: I don’t want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can’t escape is even worse. — IMDb Quotes: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
I am a runner. Why do I run? Well it’s a long story, one that I will share soon. But to go back to the question, I am running right now to train for an upcoming race in September. I have registered for the Fort-4-Fitness Half Marathon in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This will be my third half-marathon.
The last time I ran in this race was 2009. I remember hitting the wall at the 10-mile mark. I finished the race, but it was a struggle.
So for this year, I decided to train smarter but also challenge myself as well. I signed up for a training plan from THE RUN SMART PROJECT.
I am enjoying this plan. I have a goal time in mind for this race and it is 1 hour and 50 minutes. This would be approximately five minutes faster than my last race. It would also be a personal best for me.
I will share more as training progresses. I have been learning a lot about setting goals, trying, achieving, and failing.
