This coming Sunday I will run my first half marathon, Big Sur at Monterey Bay. I’ll be joined by my two friends, Karen Waller and Julee Holland, and 9,000 other runners on a scenic journey of 13.1 miles. I am ready. I have been training and feel prepared. I have confidence that my legs will carry me where I need to go.
\n\nThey greater challenge will be mental, and to help with that aspect of the race here are some of the things I plan to say to myself as I run.\n
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- I can
- One foot in front of the other
- Run my own race
- Breathe
- Smile
- Shoulders down
- Run, Forest, run
- Hydrate
- Enjoy the scenery
- Rain? What rain?
- Finish strong
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\nI have equal confidence that this type of positive thinking will help carry me across the finish line of the race AND of life.