Despite the nervousness, I am still enjoying it as much as ever. I had a beautiful 9-miler along the coast yesterday between Santa Monica and Venice Beach- gotta love California! I did pretty well... I cruised for quite a while before hitting a bit of a wall around mile 7, but got a pretty quick second wind and was able to pick it up for the last mile and a half. I think it was the hills that did me in. Despite the fact that the past is all along the coast, it is definitely not flat!! It starts on the cliffs over looking the beach at Santa Monica, and drops down to sea level by the time you hit Venice. I really started lagging about halfway back up to the cliffs, so I can only assume that it was the climb that got me.As the race draws closer, I am starting to wrap up my training. I have two short runs this week- about 5 miles each- and then one long 10-miler next weekend before I begin to taper. During taper, I plan on running no more than 5 miles throughout the whole week to rest up my legs, but to also do lots of cross training to keep my system in shape.
Another thing I'm working on as the big day draws near: COSTUMES!!! As any one who has ever met me knows, I LOVE costumes. Disney races are well-known for their costume-wearing contestants, and I fully intend to be one of them. Naturally, I will be going as Tinkerbell, so I stopped by Joann's yesterday and picked up some supplies. Thanks to some bargain-hunting and a few well placed coupons, my entire costume only ended up costing me thirteen dollars! (Side note: 13 miles, 13 dollars..... coincidence? I think not.) I haven't really started work on it yet, but I'm going to get sewing tonight, and I can promise you it will be FIERCE. Sadly, I have decided against wearing wings- it just seems way to cumbersome and uncomfortable- but the rest of the outfit will be Tinkerbell-tastic! Stay tuned for pictures!
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