Pre-race Jitters

The half marathon is 6 days away.  We got our Thomas Nelson team shirts, got some good shoes, have a sitter all lined up, and we will pick up our numbers and timing chips Thursday night.  We are excited and little nervous.  We are excited about being there and having the experience, but nervous at the 13.1 miles and the fact that we never did our long walk (10 miles).  Based on our training history, we think we will be just fine, but it will definitely challenge us (which, I guess, is the point). The goal this week is to do some moderate walking every day to stay loose and do a LOT of stretching!

Here is a link to all the course information, in case you are curious.  Supposedly, the day of the race, you will be able to track our progress online and see where we are at certain mileage markers.  Since we are walking those stats won't update quickly, but it may be fun to check in on us!  I don't have all the info on how that works yet, but I'll add another post as soon as I get it. We have to be downtown around 5 am, and based on our starting position, probably won't even start until around 8 am.  Assuming we finish in four hours, we will be done around noon. We plan to hang out at the Thomas Nelson tent for a little while and then go home - hopefully with completion medals in hand!  If anyone around Nashville would like to cheer us on in person, there is information about all the places you can do that here.  We would love to see you!

Pray for us this week, and on Saturday.  Pray that we have energy to sustain us through the course, that we would finish injury free, that we will be able to move on Sunday(!), and most importantly that we would have a whole lot of fun!