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One month to go…
In one month, I will be celebrating after completing my first marathon. I have envisioned this moment hundreds of times while training. Nothing gets you through the last few miles of a long run, like visualizing yourself coming down the homestretch and lunging across the finish line. I imagine myself smiling with a sense of satisfaction.
- Schedule of each day’s mileage
Mentally I began preparing for the race at the beginning of March 2009. After receiving my foot diagnosis, I remember crying to my doctor and explaining that I was a runner. Fixing my foot so I could walk again was not enough. I needed to run. After hearing my case, Dr. T asked, “You do marathons?” I had to say no because although I had trained for them something had always gotten in the way of my actually following through to the finish line. Faced with the reality that maybe my time had passed, I pledged if the surgery was successful (the surgery success rate is about 95%), I would tackle the 26.2 monster that had always alluded me.
Fast forward to September. It was time to pick a marathon and time to start training. Two factors determined my course selection: it had to be prior to Feb 9 (the anniversary of the day I broke my foot) and it needed to be near a beach. Miami was the perfect fit.
I adopted Hal Higdon’s plan, which now dictates my life. I made a large board with each days miles so I would be held accountable. I call the board Valerie because of the magazine cut out of Valerie Bertinelli prominently placed at the end of week 6. (pictured)
