Last Week of Break

I went on 2 runs last week. Between everything going on, I didn't get to write about them, so here we go:

First of all, I had to exchange my shoes. I loved, loved, loved the Nike's. I wish I could have kept them but they were hurting my arches too much. I got a kick-ass pair of Asics though. They are pink (I've never had pink running shoes before) and they make me feel like I'm running on marshmellows. I've never owned a pair of Asics. I grew up watching my mom run marathon after marathon in them. I thought they were 'magic shoes'. Shoes that I could MAYBE get one day, when I grew up, that would allow me to run races too. Here I am, 28 years old, and I finally have my own pair of 'magic shoes' ;)

When I was running this past week, I thought about the race. There is no other feeling in the world like the one of running a race. I've never been in a race to actually RACE. It's a challenge. The only person I'm competing against is myself. I try to push myself harder or more than I have ever before. 

While I was running, I was thinking about all of the people that will be surrounding me. It's going to be like being a heard of animals. Everyone breathing, pacing, and focusing on different elements just to make it through the next 13 miles. Yikes! Gotta go. more on that later....