In less than 48 hours...

Following through with my resolve to stay positive about the upcoming race, I'm not going to talk about my knee, my ankle or how my last run on Monday went. In fact I'm not going to think about it at all. I'm going to line up at the start at the unthinkable hour of 3:30 a.m. on Saturday and give it my best shot. I'm going to enjoy the event, the atmosphere and the experience and not overthink the process. 

One of the rituals I enjoy doing before any race is arranging my gear and doing a "Flat-Lay". It is completely unnecessary but I like it! :) Two days from now all of this will be on me and that thought usually adds to the general sense of anticipation towards Race Day. Did you notice the watch? I updated my Garmin during this training cycle. 

The update wasn't essential since my Forerunner35 was functioning perfectly well even though it was looking slightly battered and the strap was held in place with an old hair tie but still I thought why not go up a level in the gadgets department since I'm aiming for a level up in the running distance department. The Forerunner35 (which has been discontinued now btw) was Garmin's starter level gps watch. Advertised as budget friendly, it was still a nifty ₹15,000 in comparison to some of the other starter level smart watches. I still think its a great watch for a runner like me. It had all the basic features I needed, it wasn't the nicest looking watch out there but it served the purpose, really well. 

I upgraded to the Forerunner255 - which is a few levels up I believe - and to be honest, it has way too many features and I'll probably never end up using half of them. Having said that, it is really, really cool and all of the features that I have used and explored on it have not been disappointing. But easily the best new feature is the music. The watch can store music and also be linked up to music apps (I have my amazon music on it) so with a pair of bluetooth headphones you're good to go! I don't have to carry my phone separately in order to have music on the run. So far, I've not had any regrets with the purchase and oh it looks much better too.

For Race Day I've loaded up 5 hours worth of songs so at least on the music front I know I'm good to go! 

I've been looking at the course map the past few days. I know the roads and landmarks along this route (up until a point at least) so I've been trying to visualize me running through this course on Race Day. 32 Kilometres! A 32 Kilometres drive sounds like a bit much and I'm supposed to be running it!? When I think about it, I actually question my sanity.

Well heres wishing me luck!!