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Today was not a record-breaking day or a day with perfect race conditions – high humidity, 86 degrees and strong winds. But despite the moderate pace, 11:06 per mile, and another support-hose lady sighting, I had a great time. The arboretum was gorgeous, the burritos were abundant, and I got to spend the morning my friend Cindy.
Houston marathon training begins on Monday. There is no question that I have a lot of work ahead of me. I had hoped I would be in a better place than I am right now, both physically and emotionally. I wonder if I am up for the uncountable challenges that are ahead of me these next four months. Honestly, I’m not sure. I know I need to deterimine where my dedication is and decide if I’m just in this to run a marathon, or if I’m in it to do what it takes to get me closer to my goal.
Oh, and for the record, I beat support-hose lady!
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i think you’ll be up for it, but like with anything else, there’ll be times when you are zooming and times you’re zapped and many times in between. don’t let the down times tell you that you can’t do it.
Tour de Fleur. That reminded me of Fleur from the Harry Potter books.
Sounds like a hot day for racing to me. You’re a tougher runner than I am, Susan. I would have completely melted in temps like that.
I’m loving the “I’ll stand here and you take the picture of the lady behind me” pose
Susan, you’ve overcome those challenges before. You will do so again. I have absolutely no doubt about that.
BTW, great photo of the support hose woman, LOL
Hey Susan,
I was running and biking at White Rock Lake this morning while you were racing in the 10K. I kept an eye out for a spotting of your running self but dang it!, no did see.
Don’t let today get under your skin. There’s lots of time to prep for the Houston Marathon. You know you have the mojo to git er done.
Stay tuned…
Sounds like a fun day! Good luck with Houston…whatever you decide, you can’t go wrong.
Good luck with your upcoming training! You will do great! I look forward to hearing (reading) about it along the way!
I’m glad to hear you beat support hose lady. Good race!
Congrats on beating support hose lady.
Just do the training and if at some point the marathon isn’t the right goal you can let it go. No need to decide now.
Very clever Susan. Joy got a good ‘bum-crack’ photo in Oregon using that techique.
Let’s break it down now … (*in my best rapper voice, complete with mouth drumbeat*)
Forget the 4 months, work on 1 to start with and the goal at the end month one. Then celebrate the achievement appropriately …… or inappropriately which could be more fun come to think of it.
This is good cause month 1 is almost over already!
glad you had fun! hey, i’m one month out from the mcm and i have no idea if i even WANT to run it! but that’s just me.
nice photo, you are always so coordinated!
beating support hose lady and abundant burritos, what could be better.
i know you can do it. you can run houston, get the house done, do all the web sites, be kenza’s mom and michael’s love. i know you can. do it.
I think Massoman has a bead on the situation here. When all else fails, make a list. What’s good? What’s not? Compare and contrast. If all else fails, go shopping.
With the heat and humidity, you may just have had a bad day–not necessarily a sign of your conditioning at this point. (And not that is was so bad!) Good for you for getting out there!
Good luck on the training. Make sure the support-hose lady isn’t in any photo with you!!
I wish you MUCH luck in your training! You will succeed and kick arse! I think I read somewhere that support-hose laden women are a sign of good luck to come.
Well, I am glad you beat support hose lady. Maybe what you need to get pumped up for marathon training is a good man servant to take care of all your needs. Just a suggestion, and yes I am almost always a smart ass. I just try to cover it up online.
Yes, we can walk!! If you want to walk early I can walk (sans Nikko) at 11 for an hour. If you want the two to meet I can go home and grab her at 2 and meet you at like 2:30 for however long we want. Also, for some reason my marathon schedule is MIA!! Any chance you could send me a copy?? I am losing my mind…crazy busy!! Call me!!
Ummm, bad news….I have a tournament the same weekend at Houston. Austin??? Feb. 18th??? What kind of friend am I???? Sorry!!
Horray for support hose lady…or beating her
a win is a win…no matter how old the opponent…right???
Glad to see you’ve definitely decided to go ahead with the marathon training. Good Luck with that.
You mean you don’t wear support hose when you run? ;-P Hmmmm…wonder if that helps any with keeping the shorts from riding up? Maybe I should try it?
You are most welcome for the weather; I designed it specially for you. Congrats on beating the support-hose lady. This calls for a celebration at Pazzo’s!!!
Delurking to say I ran in the Tour Des Fleurs, too. The weather conditions were horrible – sooo humid and *windy*! The race was pretty well organized, though!
What better way to kick off training than a 10K race? That is awesome and way to go! You are up to it..it is up to you, set your mind on letting this marathon bring you closer to your goals .. that is all it takes. For you mind to make the decision. You got it girl!
You beat support hose lady!!! Congratulations! Sorry I couldn’t do this one with you…I’ll be around for the next one to photograph your funny kicky-run.
Glad after a 2 week not reading your blog (I was kidnapped by aliens and work interfered also) that it was nice to see a picture of you and your doing Houston! Good luck!
so.. when do i get to find “I beat support-hose lady” printed on a technical shirt. i’ll need it by hawaii.
That’s what’s important ain’t it? To beat support hose lady. The male equivalent must be tiny shorts guy.