Monday, October 4, 2010

Goals for Portland

Six days until 26.2 and I am drowning in a MESS.

My house is ripped to pieces. I have Goodwill piles, dump piles, to friends with baby boys piles, to put in the car piles, where the heck did this come from? piles and the movers will not move this piles….On one hand I am completely overwhelmed with stuff. On the other hand my marathon bag is packed and placed neatly in the HEY MOVERS!! DO NOT TOUCH THIS STUFF corner.  So all I have to do is get through the next two days of sorting and organizing  (and a million other things to wrap up) and then two days of packing then head to Portland.  Ahhhh…..Portland.

I’m pretty pumped.  I keep thinking about my plan. My goals are pretty much the same for almost every race:

1. Have fun

2. Do my best.

3. Finish with a smile.

But I also have a few other goals I like to throw in for big races, like marathons and half marathons. So for Sunday my goals (along with the the previous three that are always my plan) are:

1. Finish under 4:30---- 10:18/mile pace

2. If I feel good finish under 4:09 (in other words PR)---9:30/mile pace

3.  Finish under 4:00---9:09/mile pace

I am back to packing and finishing up stuff…..

22 comments:

  1. Good luck! I like your goals in that order too, not as much pressure on yourself! You will do great!

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  2. Awesome goals! You're going to rock it!

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  3. Your goals are my goals, and I promise to hang with you as long as I can on Sunday. I can't wait to see you there and we WILL enjoy our last long run and race together for a long time. Next time I'm in NC, I'm coming to your house for a run. Excuse me, I need to go wipe my eyes and blow my nose...

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  4. Minus the stuff being packed, that is my house on any given day. You'll do great at the race! I love the time goals... you'll hit em for sure! :)

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  5. Coach says "Go get em Tiger!" I think you'll rock it too! Great goals, great girl, great time!

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  6. Good luck this weekend. Great goals!

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  7. You definitely have your plate full for the next few days, huh???

    Good luck this weekend! Have fun!

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  8. DO IT!! YOu will be amazing.. I hope that you can find some time to REST and RELAX to be ready for your race. As someone who moved just days before I Marathon I TOTALLY empathize.. Thankfully you dont have to move heavy boxes..

    It is good practice for when you move back....WISHFUL thinking!!!

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  9. You've got it woman!!

    Love 1,2 &3. You're awesome!!

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  10. You're gonna do great! I can't imagine moving inbetween everything else. You're crazy!

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  11. whew that's a lot to have running through a taper brain :) maybe it will keep you occupied so you won't feel all the jitters of not running!

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  12. Given your training runs, I believe you're going to have an amazing race run - YAY PORTLAND!!!

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  13. Love that you have all those piles. I did a major clean out and am going into PHASE 2.. I really could thin out some more! Best of luck in your race.

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  14. Good luck with the last minute packing ... and Portland!!!

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  15. Packing and moving is such a lot of work! I hope your move goes well!
    Good luck in your marathon! I loved your goals! You are going to do awesome!

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  16. Wow - Lots going on for you right now!

    Rock it girl!!! :) WOOT WOOT!

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  17. What about that massive "send to adam" pile? That's got to be huge right?

    Love the different goals - I'm a big fan of that too. Here is to sub 4!

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  18. Nice goals! I hope you have a great race and definitely finish w/a smile on your face :-)

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You're pretty much awesome!!

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