I feel like puking.
That’s my response to friends who have asked me how I feel about tomorrow’s race. My nerves started kicking in yesterday and I am still freaking out slightly. It’s strange because I haven’t felt this nervous before a race in a long, long time.
The 100K is a new-to-me distance so it’s expected that I would have the jitters.
I’ve had a lot of ups and downs (mostly downs) this year with my alien foot bump (still there), my lazy glutes and tight hips etc. Quite frankly I am not sure what the hell I am doing here. But dwelling on my hot mess of a body is not going to get me anywhere close to finishing this race.
Good vibes only.
Besides the race anxiety, I am a bit excited. I am looking forward to the race atmosphere again. It’s been a long 16 months. It’s going to be weird seeing all the other racers too. Also I don’t have anyone here with me – running or crewing – so it’s going to be a long 21 hours.
How long is it going to take me? That’s the immediate question after my response to how you do you feel?
This is uncharted territory for me. Anything can happen.
My only goal for this 100k race is to finish within the 21 hour cut off. That’s it. Guaranteed PR. This race is going to be very challenging for me. I don’t feel race ready but I am pushing down all those negative thoughts. My mantra is one foot in front of the other and keep going. Someone did the math and said I just need to run 5K in an hour to finish in 21 hours.
Who knows maybe I will be the Last Soul? (Get it??)
Now there’s threat of race in the forecast tomorrow night so that adds another OMG element. Dean, one of the Lost Soul race directors, told me (three times) that I have to run fast to beat the rain.
This is one of my favourite trail races in Alberta. So I am just going to embrace every moment of it. Sadly the banquet has been cancelled for Sunday. There have been some other minor changes because of COVID.
All my whining aside, I am so happy to be at the starting line tomorrow. Please send me your positive vibes!