I keep telling myself that I should be just going out there and running for the fun of it - to focus on finishing and not on achieving a PB. But there is a big part of me that really wants to better my time - a part that keeps telling me if you don't set goals, and "achieve" something then what really is the point of it all?
Ever since the TWCM expo I've been running the route through my head and have been visualizing me running along those roads. As always I broke down the route (TWCM organizers had sort of done it already) into 1K segments using familiar spots & buildings along the way as markers in my head. This time around, I also looked at an approximate time that I need to pass by each of these markers in order to finish the distance in a time of 2:30. (There you go! That is my goal. That is what I would love to achieve - a PB, 15 minutes faster than my last)
I figured with the crowds at the start, I will be doing my first couple of kilometers the slowest. Then 4K to 5K at 6'45", 5K to 6K at 6'30" and the rest I plan to run at a pace between 7'00" and 7'15".
These are my plans. But anything could happen.
1 day to go and I'm filling up with nervous excitement. I've got my gear all set out, I've been hydrating more and carb-loading ever so slightly since yesterday. I've been doing a lot of stretching & Yoga and generally being well behaved.
Can't wait for Sunday morning.
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