Well, tomorrow I’ll be running the New York City Marathon for the second time.
It’s all come to this.
My biggest race goal is to burn this off. I think that can be accomplished.
They say that the marathon is a celebration of running, and I have celebrated every second of this week.
From the Runner’s World party last night (here, with my ladies Jen, Michele and Amanda), below with Anne!
To the juicepress Run Club run this morning…
I’m ready to run this race now. And it feels real.
This week was fun, but it’s easy to feel like you’re just going through the motions. I went back to the expo today to say hello to some New Balance and Runner’s World buddies, and basically, mid-sentence it hit me that I was in a really crowded room at the Javits Center because I was going to run 26.2 miles tomorrow and try again to break 4:00. At this point, it was real, I was overwhelmed, and I came home for some quiet time.
So, the important stuff:
Goals: #sub4ordie. Don’t leave anything out there on the course. Enjoy the celebration of my favorite pastime in my favorite city.
If you want to follow along at home, I’ve signed up to tweet my splits. I honestly debated whether I would do this – what if I don’t meet my goal? But: 1. You all will find out eventually anyway, since I’m blogging about the race either way.. 2. There are probably people tracking me that I haven’t given this link to anyway.
If you are not on the Twitters, you can either download the NYC Marathon iPhone app or track me online at this link.
See ya on the other side of 26.2!
If you are in NYC…where will you be watching?!
Good luck!!! I’m tracking you and rooting for you. I KNOW you can sub-4.
Good luck, lady! I’ll be around 1st Ave and 25th St. Hopefully I’ll spot you!
Good luck!! Have so much fun!
Have a great race! Can’t wait to see you crush it.
Best of luck tomorrow. I’ve been following your training; I know you can crush your goal!
I’ve been following your blog for awhile now, but have never commented! I am new to running and dreaming of when I’ll be ready for this marathon! Anywho- I wanted to wish you luck-I’ll be cheering for you at 85th St and 1st Ave!
Good luck!!! Have an amazing race!
I could not be ore excited for you!!! I will be glued to twitter!
WOOHOO- it’s race day! I’ll be tracking you and cheering you on from my living room! Have fun 🙂
Sadness! Tweeting seems broken! Good luck!
Good Luck!
Saw you running at mile 24 today and screamed your name at the top of my lungs!! You looked amazing and so strong! Absolutely incredible, congrats!!!!!!
Congrats on finishing the marathon, you are so inspiring!! Also, you went running with my college vball teammate yesterday (Heidi). I love when the blogs I read intersect with real life, so fun!
@Shannon: Heidi’s awesome! What a small world.
I just heard about the Juice Press run club – is it open to anyone?
@Annie @ lovelaughrun.com: YES! And it is the best. Follow @rungiarun or @juicepress on Twitter/Instagram to find out times/locations, but usually around 9am Saturday from the 71st/Columbus or 92/Madison locations!
@Theodora: oooh okay! thanks!