Grandma Made a Prediction on My Time

But I'm not going to tell you what she said until tomorrow after the race is done.  Feel free to start your own list of guesses.

 

Tomorrow's the Big Day!

Well, world, tomorrow's the big day!  Can't believe 18 weeks of training has brought me to what should take 3 hours and 40 minutes (or less) to complete!  Met a lot of nice people at today's expo, picked up my bib, and am almost ready for tomorrow!  What's left to do?  I want to lay out everything for the morning, set both of my phones so I'm 100% sure I wake up in time, have a nice, hot soak in the tub (complete with Epsom salt), and then get to bed plenty early (possibly with the help of a Tylenol PM).  I'd be thrilled to get in a full 8 hours of sleep tonight!

Thank you all so much for following along this journey!  I hope to make you all proud!!!!

One Week to Go!

Are you as excited as I am?!  Only one week to go until the big race!  Can't wait!  Got a Dr. Dan visit scheduled for tomorrow, and hope to get the thumbs up from him that I'm all set!

One Year Ago Today...

...I ran my first marathon, and it was the Southernmost Marathon in Key West!  Need a refresher?  Check this out!  Looking back, I can't believe that it was just a year ago I did that, and here I am just 2 weeks away from running my 4th marathon!

For a myriad of reasons, I think this (below) is completely appropriate.  Would you agree?

 

So How Did It Go in Miami?

The Key Biscayne Half Marathon was last Sunday, and I bet you've been wondering, "How did "Morgan" do in Miami?"  There's good news to share!  Out of 232 women who entered the race and 225 who completed it in the given time, "Morgan" was 10th out of them!  Not bad to be in the top 5% of the women who ran, huh?  Even better than that was winning the 30-34 age group and me (not Morgan) ending up with a new PR of 1:42:34.

Oh, if you're wondering how RCJ did, she ran an amazing race also and was the 2nd place overall female!  Woo hoo!  See, I told you she's a tremendously talented and hardworking runner!

I'm Headed to Miami!

Is it possible to time travel?  Could my 37 year old self spend at least a bit of time being 30 years old again?  No, this does not involve 1.21 gigawatts.  (Please, for the love of God, tell me you know that's a Back to the Future reference!)  However, it does involve an awesome friend, Morgan, and a race entry for Sunday's Key Biscayne Half Marathon.

Believe it or not, races are pretty strict about once you pay your money, you're locked in.  They don't want you selling or giving your entry away.  Hey, if you can't use it & can find someone who can & will use it, what's the harm (assuming you're not jacking up the price and being an asshole)?  Well, Morgan had signed up to do the Key Biscayne Half only to then find out that a friend was getting married that same weekend...in Wisconsin!  Morgan is many things, and one of them is an awesome friend.  So not only did she say "yes," to flying up to Wisconsin for the wedding, she also offered me her race entry!  Honestly, how cool is that?!

Here's where the time travel comes in.  Morgan can't "officially" transfer her entry to me.  No big deal.  I can pick up her race bib (because I'm such a helpful friend), and then on Sunday morning, I can just happen to pin it on myself & run.  Yes, according to the race results, I will be 30 year old Morgan from Miami!  How cool is that?