race day -1
okay, it's the day before the Nike Women's Half Marathon, which I have done the last three years with Suzy. This year she is unavailable due to pregnancy and general laziness, and the person who was supposed to take over her entry bailed on me last week, so I am in principle going alone. I haven't done a training run since May and I'm about fifteen pounds heavier than I was last time I ran. Is this a terrible idea?
Negatives of running:
I'm kind of out of shape for it.
I have a broken left big toe (broken about six weeks ago, but doesn't seem to have healed properly; I've run a block or two and been fine but it does still hurt sometimes and doesn't really bend)
I have to wake up at 5:30 tomorrow morning to do it.
I will probably cramp up massively at some point.
I don't really like running alone and I haven't gotten around to finding an iPod or something, although I'm sure I can if I need to.
I can probably still sell my entry for something close to the $90 entry fee.
Positives of running:
I can prove to myself that I can still run a half marathon without training, which implies that I'm not in as bad shape as I could be.
Tradition.
I would be kind of embarrassed if I wussed out at this point.
so now what?
Negatives of running:
I'm kind of out of shape for it.
I have a broken left big toe (broken about six weeks ago, but doesn't seem to have healed properly; I've run a block or two and been fine but it does still hurt sometimes and doesn't really bend)
I have to wake up at 5:30 tomorrow morning to do it.
I will probably cramp up massively at some point.
I don't really like running alone and I haven't gotten around to finding an iPod or something, although I'm sure I can if I need to.
I can probably still sell my entry for something close to the $90 entry fee.
Positives of running:
I can prove to myself that I can still run a half marathon without training, which implies that I'm not in as bad shape as I could be.
Tradition.
I would be kind of embarrassed if I wussed out at this point.
so now what?