Thursday, March 13, 2008

Only 3 more days...

...the countdown has definitely begun! Race day is Sunday, and I'm really starting to get nervous about things. Today was my LAST run before the marathon, and it was so weird! I weighed myself today (Thursday is always weigh-in day for me), and I've officially lost 44 pounds training for this - crazy, isn't it? the weather has been beautiful this week, and hopefully should stay nice this weekend as well. I've got my most favorite running clothes ready to wear - very comfortable, not supposed to wear anything new - only the comfortable, broken in clothes, so I think I'm good. The kids and I went down to the beach this afternoon to play and I seriously got heart palpitations as I was driving up to the boardwalk. I just kept thinking "in 3 more days, I'll be running along this course!" Then as I was parking the stroller before going down onto the sand, I was taking my socks & shoes off to leave up in the stroller. I was still in my running shoes, and as I was leaving them in the stroller, I thought "what if someone takes my stroller? My shoes for the race are in there and I would be up the creek!" Not concerned about the fact that my diaper bag, wallet, and keys are in there. But that my running shoes are in there! Crazy! I have a "runner girl" magnet on my car that Courtney sent to me (HAVE to take a picture of it - it's the CUTEST!) , and my sister is arriving tomorrow night!!! It's very exciting, but I'm getting nervous!!! I'm going to go on the website and look at the course now....

9 comments:

Mandy said...

I would be nervous too!!! However, you have prepared and trained so hard for this and I know that you will do great! 44lbs is awesome!! You have definitely become a "skinny minnie":) Good luck and enjoy the race! You've worked hard for it!

the mccollums... said...

44 LBS!!!! That is AWESOME...you have worked hard and earned it! Gosh, Katy...I didn't realize how much you have lost, you are a new woman!
ENJOY the race. They say race day is even better because of all the hoopla and people around...you are going to rock the socks off yourself!

Ward Blog said...

Good Luck Katy!!! I will be out there on Sat running the 8k!!!! I loved my first half marathon that I ran. I am hopefully on my way to completing my second one this summer, however I have a long way to go before that is going to happen so I understand how hard you have been training!!! It will pay off!!!! Do you have a personal time you want to achieve? Look for ALice and Adrin, they are staying at the hotel that is at the finish line :)

anthonyandbeth said...

i am so excited for you! i wish i could be there to see you cross the finish line! you have a lot to be proud of! 44lbs is incredible and you've worked hard for it! i've been so impressed by your hard work and determination through all of this! what an accomplishment! love you and i'll be cheering for you here in Raleigh! can't wait to see your runner girl magnet! so cool! :)

Courtney said...

i'll be praying for you!!! 44 pounds - wow. are you done losing weight?? i'll need to be losing 44 pounds in a few months...

Heidi said...

You are so funny and cute about your shoes. Oops, money gone...just don't mess with the running shoes!! Once again you are going to do awesome so no worries ok:)

Judy said...

Are you cute or what?!? Who would have thought you could ever get so excited about running?!! You're going to do great!!!

Jen said...

Good luck tomorrow Katy - you will do great and you're going to have a great time doing it! What an accomplishment!

jenn said...

i'm DYING to hear how the race went!!!!!