Tomorrow is my first day with TNT. I feel like a kid starting a new school year. Hopefully, I can handle it with the same grace that Emily did. She prepped - got a good night's sleep, laid out her clothes, packed what she needed and got up on time. She thought about what would be good and what would be hard and accepted it. She got up on time and her entry into 4th grade was excellent.
So, lessons learned - lay out clothes - DO NOT FORGET SNEAKERS :-)
Pack whatever I will need
Go to bed early
Get up on time
and Trust it will all work out
The part I am having a hard time with is thinking about what will be good and what will be hard. I am feeling shy and hoping to meet someone. I will admit that my mentor not believing 19 min/mile is my pace has hung over me. It is...Time and Time again, I end up there or slower. So, I think that is my biggest fear - they will say, "You are too slow and cannot be helped." Should I admit that I checked and the PF Chang marathon that same weekend has a more friendly time limit? 4 hours for a half. I have done that before. I did 3:57 or something. And I am in much better shape now.
OK, I will stop making myself nuts and trust it.
Today was a quick 3 miles, but I truly can't stand walking anywhere except the park now. All those people and cars just plain ole annoy me. I think they add a lot of stress and time to the day. And it was HUMID again. I hate that.
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Ailson, I found your blog thru the WW marathon board. I walked a half last January then stopped dead cold with the training. I am just starting up again, but the heat really zaps me. I am so impressed you are jumping up to a full marathon. Did you not have blisters or injured toenails after this recent long walk?
Dixie,
I have been using Glide faithfully all over the edges of my feet and toes. I do get a couple of blisters, but they do not hurt. I got one that hurt a couple months ago, but it has since healed and I have been fine.
My toe nails are also okay, but I get pedicures and get the toenails clipped super short. I used to be able to go up to 4 weeks without clipping, now it is 2 MAX. The heat is awful. I don't know how far in the blog you got, but if you read WOW, it is hot, you will see, I was suffering a couple weeks back.
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