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Free Run, Day 19

Saturday, October 28th, 2023

POST-RUN MORTUM

Time Running: 00:00 minutes 

Distance Achieved: 00.00 miles 

Tunage: __________________________

Ok, so, not exactly zero across the board, but I have decided not to run today. I woke up, and my knee was a little bit swollen, and after my conversation with Patricia last week – who ran the 10K at Governor’s Island today! I hope it went so well!! – I’m taking what she said to heart. I don’t need to run today. I have been training and running and working for the last four months, and I don’t need to run today. I will stretch, and ice, I’ve already soaked, and I am going to take the nugget and Colby on a nice walk. Activated and aerobic, but low impact. 

I can’t believe tomorrow is the race. Like, I truly cannot believe that we have made it here. I’m looking back over these last few months and they have just flown by. When all of this began back in July, the end of October just felt like such a faraway thing. And now. Here we are. We made it. 

Honestly, y’all, I don’t have a lot to say right now. People keep asking me how I’m feeling about tomorrow, and I’m really just excited. I know that I can run this 5K, but now I’m wondering if I try to set a wee little goal for myself. I’ve been flirting with a 40-minute 5K for the last week or so, and I want to try and hit that tomorrow. No pushing, nothing crazy to try and get there, but it will be at the back of my mind as I do this run tomorrow. Runnicorn will be with me the whole way and I’ll still use him to track my process, though if I’m not mistaken, my bib has a tracker that will give me a more accurate time, but I can’t end this without him. He’s been my constant companion and it would feel weird to do this without him in my ear. It does look like rain tomorrow, but hey, we’ve run in many a lightning storm. Who knew that training would come in handy? 

I do think it’s going to be incredibly emotional. If last Saturday’s run was any indication, I have a feeling I am going to be sitting heavily in my feels. And again, I think I’m just proud of how far I’ve come on this whole journey. And also, I think there might be apple cider doughnuts after the race. So, you know, potentially no medal, but the promise of an apple cider doughnut will always have me in the center of my feels.  

So, yeah. That’s all for now. I have so many thoughts and feelings that I’m still trying to organize, and once I have, I shall post them as well. But today, I am grateful for the training and the time and the breath and the fact that my body has held me through it all. I’ll see you tomorrow on the course, I’ll be the one dressed as a runner 😏😏😏.