5263!

I'm running Bay to Breakers again this year and this time my lucky number is 5263! Woo hoo! The cool thing they're doing this year is giving out racing chips that you attach to your shoelaces. This way, you can get an accurate time since it records when you actually cross the starting line and when you cross the finish. My official time last year was 16 minutes off since it took me that long to cross the starting line, and yes readers, that's why I did not beat those Kenyans.

So I've been a little flaky with my training this year. I've been trying to get out a couple times a week, but I get tired, or busy or distracted or lazy. But today I tried making up for it all and I ran for a whole hour! Yes that's right, 60 minutes. I'd only intended to run 30 minutes, but then I pushed myself to 45, and once I got to 45 I kept going and when I reached 50, I was like, just keep at it for another 10 minutes and you'll be up to 60! And so I did! And there is my theory of long distance running for you. Trick yourself to get further, and once you get a little further than you had intended it feels like a great accomplishment, and reaching new heights or goals isn't so hard. Plus it helps to have my ipod on me. Time gets measured in songs, and if I can just push through this one song, I'll be seven minutes further along.

I'm paying for it now though. I am so exhausted. I sleep-walked through the grocery store and dinner and I don't know what I'm doing right now blogging. The thing I worry about is that right after the race I have to be at a community outreach thing at RCW and I have to be "on" and chipper and recruiting students for my class or at least being happy and nice. I can do it though, right? I just hope someone nudges me if I start snoring.