T -11 hours until our Peachtree start time...
Friday was a "rest" day, and with the race coming up, I decided to take it easy, so I just went to a hot yoga class to get everything stretched out.
Saturday was supposed to be a 12 mile run. We had the most beautiful start ever. 3 nearly perfectly consistent miles, right around the 9:30 pace we're shooting for for the Peachtree. I had originally mandated that we take it easy, but we're not so good at that anymore. Chris laughed at me because shortly after we started, a woman turned the corner in front of us, and I promptly sped up to pass her. What can I say, I'm like a fox: sly enough to get Chris into the Peachtree, and I can't resist a rabbit! Hopefully that competitiveness will help us out tomorrow.
Unfortunately, our run didn't continue as excellently, as Chris ended up getting sick. We did a run/walk and finished about 8.7 miles. I was a little disappointed to not get the distance, but I've been there, and god knows Chris has dealt enough with me being sick on many a run. Besides, we're early enough in the training that missing the distance isn't going to hurt us. Next up is a 13 miler, which, after 4 half marathons and a full, we can basically do in our sleep. Better to take it easy right before a race anyway.
We went to the Peachtree expo to pick up our numbers yesterday as well. Oh, how I love expos! This one is huge, too. And... while we were there... we saw Jeff Galloway! Like the real, live person! He was at a booth for his training program. It was so awesome to see him in real life. I wish I had gotten a picture though. Darn. (If you don't know who that is, he's a big deal in the running world. Look him up.)
Speaking of pictures, I got an AWESOME new toy for races. It's a teeny tiny little camera and camcorder, slightly larger than a business card and super thin. So it fits perfectly into my little pouch without being big and bulky like the 90s-era disposable cameras we had to use for Disney. So hopefully now I can take more pictures at races and during training... it will make this thing a little more exciting, no?
Today was supposed to be a rest day so we're ready to go for tomorrow, but I had dance. It was the upper body technique class, so it shouldn't affect me too much. Got in some great ab and arm work though. I realized during class today that when I am in correct posture, I can literally feel each individual ab muscle. Now, if only I could move them each individually... We also tried something new, where we sat on the floor and practiced the moves. It actually amps it up a little, because you can't cheat and have any of your lower body help you. And it lets you focus on the actual move, instead of worrying so much about keeping everything isolated at the same time. So hopefully practicing like that will help get the muscles really strong so it will be easier to isolate when we're standing.
Chris and I made cauliflower macaroni and cheese tonight for our carbtastic dinner. (Recipe from Runner's World: http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-242-303-504-13847-0,00.html. Delicious, and healthy, and doesn't taste like cauliflower, I swear). Now it's just bed and then the race! I'm sooooo excited!!!!! I've really come to love this race. I mean, it's the biggest 10k in the country, maybe the world. 60,000 runners... there's a lottery to get numbers. And it's just so much FUN. I'm seriously hoping we can break an hour tomorrow. I know physically we can run that fast, but with the crowds, we might not make it. It won't be the worst thing if we don't though... the experience is worth it no matter what the outcome.
Full race report to come. Catch you on the flip side!
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