Woke up, not ready to race. I had one of those pre-race dreams last night......... The race was taking place indoors during the winter and I had left my shoes at home. I had my husband bring me my shoes and instead of running socks he brought Knee Highs. I tried to do the best I could and they kept moving the starting line and pretty soon I was racing in my winter coat with my purse and Paula wouldn't hold my stuff.........anyways ended up finishing in 40 min......... Bad dream. Reality: I remembered my shoes and so it was already going to be better than my dream. We lined up and I was really unsure of how I was feeling and what kind of performance I would have. We started and my legs were like lead - The negative thoughts started coming and I remembered Josse's words "I can, I can, I can..." They worked. The first mile is up hill and then you turn around and come back down for mile 2. Mile 3 starts flat but goes up hill and then flat and into the park. At about 2.75 my eyes started with the double vision thing again (I learned at the opthomologist's that I have 20/15 vision with something similar to Lazy Eye in my left eye that when it gets tired, I get double vision). I just tried to not fall down and make it to the finish line. I was so happy to finish with 23:25 on a hard course. Saw Sasha for a few minutes after the race and congratulated my neighbor Dallen who finished 9th overall. Had to leave fairly soon afterwards because my son has ballgames today. Happy Running!
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