November 6th, 2010: Dang, Sunday is the big day and I am at a loss to convey my feelings. Even though I am not intimidated by the distance I am discouraged that I have no strategy and no experience for a run of this length. I clearly recall trying to keep up with other folks in 10K runs from fifteen years ago and that was only inspirational. In a race of this length it could bear severe consequences if I don’t pay attention to how I’m feeling.
Dispatched my final training run this afternoon, a simple twenty minute jaunt. Didn’t feel that good and only registered an 8:40 pace, but the last thing I wanted to do was pull a muscle or otherwise injure myself before game day. Scooted over to the USS North Carolina battleship this afternoon to pick up my packet, which included my number tag, t-shirt and a bag of goodies and coupons.
There were quite a few folks around doing the same thing, making me think it will be rather crowded tomorrow. Only one wrinkle in the registration process: as I was making my way through the various stations I came upon a woman sitting by a container of safety pins which you use to fasten your number tag. I started grabbing four and she instructed me that they were already in the plastic bag I was holding. Well tonight I was nervously trying to ensure I had adequate snacks tucked into my belt and covering all of the other bases when I realized the promised safety pins were absent. Thus ensued a twenty minute scavenger hunt and I caught myself wondering whatever happened to the omnipresent fasteners from my youth. Made obsolete by Velcro? Whatever, I finally discovered three in one of Kim’s jewelry drawers and attached the paper slip to the shirt I’ll be wearing tomorrow.
Now it is lights out, just a bit later than I had planned. The good news is that we turn our clocks back tonight, so I will enjoy some bonus rest before tomorrow’s challenge.
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