Today is the day of the Country Music Marathon race. Nashville is suppose to have severe thunderstorms during the race. I received an email before the race that the "pick up pace" is 4:30 pace! What! That is my pace. If you were not running a 4:30 minute pace at the half marathon break off then you would be required to run the half marathon. I would have had to run a bit faster than expected on my first 12 miles to make sure I make the cut-off.
After the race was over I heard around 11:00 the storms hit Nashville and they picked up the runners. I probably would not have been able to finish. That would have been so discouraging to not finish the marathon due to the storms.
But, due to David's situation I didn't make it.
I decided to wear my Country Music Marathon t-shirt in Iowa. It turned out to be a $100 t-shirt. Well worth it.
Time to take a step back one month and start training again. I didn't bring my computer so I just ran up in Iowa the miles I thought in my head I should be running.
10 years ago
