My bib makes me Smile. bahhaha.
How did they know?! ;)
All my stress melted away last night when I got my race kit!!! Special thanks to the lovely Alex for picking up my race kit for me Friday! :)
Eric and I rocked out to my new playlist! Dancing is the best stress relief!
This list just shows the new songs that we added last night. 1-40 from my previous 10-mile race are still all on there.
My favourite songs on this playlist include:
- She Wolf- Shakira
- Sexy Bitch- David Guetta
- River Flows In You- Yiruma (slow, instrumental super inspiring, ‘ZEN’ songs)
- Shooting Star- David Rush
- Cry For You- September (FAV FAV FAV song lately!)
You’ll notice that I have a lot of the same songs on there- however they are all different remixes (thanks Eric!). I have a habit of playing the same songs over and over, so having remixes of he same song will be even better for variety.
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Your comments last night made me feel much better. Running is such a mental sport and I know that my mental game needs to improve. I had a weak moment yesterday, but after doing a bit of stress relieving activities, I felt much better.
One of my favourite comments from last night was “The hay is in the barn long before the taper week.” SO true! :)
Here is my Negative –> Positive exercise in action!
I felt so much better after addressing my concerns on paper! Crossing out the negative thoughts is so therapeutic. :) Try it, it works.
I think I have decided what I will wear. I am going to wear the white tank I wore to my very first race (10k). It says ohsheglows.com on the back and the amount of money I raised for cancer. For pants I will wear my black crop pants since it will be very chilly out (10C approx) and my white hat (lucky hat!).
Sunday’s schedule looks like this:
4:30AM: WAKE-UP CALL
4:35AM: Do shot of Broccoli Sprout Juice. Make Pot of green tea, drink green monster pre-made from Saturday night (add maca powder). Eat Run Glo Bar. Bring green tea with me to-go in the car.
5AM: Quick shower, get dressed, put on moleskin, pack homemade energy gel etc etc.
5:30AM: Drag Eric out of bed.
5:45AM: Leave for Toronto
6:20AM: ARRIVE, walk to start of race
6:50AM: ARRIVE at race starting line, try to find friends!
7:30AM: RACE BEGINS!
You can follow me live Sunday by visiting the race homepage and finding the link to track runners. My bib number is 5443.
Off to warm up with some green tea. It is freezing out this morning! Brrrr…
“Feed The Warrior” ~Lance Armstrong
Good luck tomorrow! I’m a long time reader, first time commenter. You’ll have a great race!
OMG i LOVE shewolf. Through the race, just remember there’s shewolf in your closet and you gotta LET HER OUR! Haha. You’ll do awesome!!
Good luck tomorrow, and have a great race!
CONGRATS! I’m sure you’re going to do great! I love seeing your positive to negative list – I need to remind myself of that during our training runs!
I LOVE that Put It On Me is on your playlist! It’s my go-to running song haha Is that weird?
Love your negative -> positives! Good luck tomorrow, you will do awesome. Running in cloudy/rainy weather is better than overly hot I think.
The adrenaline CHANGES everything! i ran my first half this month, and it was so much easier than I thought it would be! I didn’t even feel tired the whole time, and didn’t use my ipod even though I always trained with it! Good luck :)
I love how you convert negative self-talk into positive! It is very beneficial and inspirational. I’m going to try it next time I feel the negativity creeping in…
that white tank is cute! i always feel like i run better when i feel better about what im wearing.
You will ROCK IT!!! I tried your negative –> positive list the other night (and I even posted it on my blog the other day) and I have to THANK YOU for that advice. I really struggle from negative self thinking, and I’m going to try to do that list thing every night/morning when I can remember. Thanks girl! You are beyond inspirational – run your heart out!
Good luck Angela! I know that you are going to do a great job! My than anything, i hope you have FUN!
I am so excited for you! Really, I have tears in my eyes as I follow with you on the experience. I can’t WAIT to hear how amazing it went. I’ll be thinking of you tomorrow! :)
I would wish you luck, but you don’t need it! So I will say, here is to a fantastic race! May your body be rested, your legs soar, and your heart full of passion and love for the wonderful gift of running.
Rock it GIRL!
Angela, you are gonna do AWESOME in the race! Just get into the zone and you will surely fly through :)
GOOD LUCK on the race and THANK YOU for the playlist. I’m going to have to try some of these songs…haven’t heard some of them. I actually ran 6 of my 8 miles today I-pod-less (it’s heavily discouraged in our half marathon), and I did okay.
I’m still taking the Ipod on the actual race anyway…
You are so cute, Ange! Look how prepared you are! I love it! You’ll rock, rock, rock! And I’m so stealing songs from your playlist. GO ERIC!
GOOD LUCK! You’re going to rock it!!!
xo
K
Hey, Angela, I just recently started reading your blog but I love it! I just ran a half marathon today in Indiana, and wanted to send you some encouragement! Our day was also a little cloudy/cool/rainy, but it made for GREAT running weather (the best kind!). When you get tired, SMILE. Even if you don’t feel like it. It’s hard to hate it when you’re smiling. Revel in how fantastic your body is that it can carry you such distances, that it’s so strong! And enjoy being with all the people and seeing new scenery. The 13.1 will really go pretty fast! Have so much fun! Good luck!
I am so excited to hear your results Angela. One of my staff members is running the Scotiabank race tomorrow too! I’m sure one day soon y’all will inspire me to sign up for my own race. But for now I am content with baby steps to running.
Good luck Angela!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did my 3rd HM today and I just can’t believe it.
It’s the most fun you can have being in pain!
Best of luck with your race. Just relax now. You’ve already put in the hard work to make it happen!