Well, after a highly uneventful, but extremely long and carbon footprint-heavy trip involving a 3:00am bus from Ottawa, a bus from Montreal to Vermont, a flight from Vermont to Houston, a flight from Houston to New Orleans, with good conversation and mediocre airplane food, I made it to my destination - New Orleans! The city is beautiful and sunny and we've had an awesome day. I picked up my race kit which includes (but is not limited to): gummy energy drops which have absolutely no real food in them, a sample of body glide products to reduce chafing (sexy!) and dog treats.
In the spirit of being a beginner at this running thang, I've been doing a lot of reading on what kinds of things you should and shouldn't do before a race. For example, you are not supposed to wear anything you haven't worn out running. However, since the last time I ran it was -15 degrees, and I wore: 2 pairs of pants, a fleece shirt and fleece vest, gloves and a headband, I'm going to disregard the rule and wear things that a bit lighter. I'm sure it will be fine. That or I'll develop bleeding, painful blisters and chafing.
You also aren't supposed to eat anything you normally wouldn't eat before the race. I usually eat pretty healthy (I'm a greens and whole grains and cake kinda girl), so in the spirit of prepping for the race, today we ate white bread and cheese, a tamale, an avocado ice pop, chocolate milk, a fried catfish po-boy sandwich and several bites of nuts, caramel and chocolate tortues. Oh, and some spicy salsa and natchos. I'm sure this will result in great energy and absolutely no difficulties when I run tomorrow. I know my body will thank me.
Speaking of, thank you all for your support and kind words and financial giving. You are all an inspiration to me and I will think of you when I'm sweaty and tired and moving at the pace of a beached whale.
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