Things to Remember

Tonight we leave for Boston.

My emotions are all over the board.

This year I know will be different.

I approached training different and I will approach the race different.

There are only a few parts I distinctly remember....

Being in the starting coral (after FRANTICALLY getting to it with seconds to spare)

Feeling thirsty and heavy legs before the first mile marker

Entering Framingham....am I done yet? (p.s. that is mile 4)

Entering Wellesley (secretly hoping the screams would pick me up)

Finding Dad, then Tommy at Mile 17.....along with Mom, Linds, Chris, Katie & John

Having to walk......

Shaking hands with soldiers and amputees

CRYING

And finally I remember finishing.....vaguely....only because I nearly required a wheelchair. I was crashing and I knew it. After a banana and a few bites of bagel I mustered the strength to get to the family area......where I promptly sat on the curb and CRIED. Not happy to have finished but disappointed to have done less than I had hoped for, to have worked so hard to struggle for 26.2 miles.

This year WILL be different

Maybe the race is the same, maybe the course is the same....

but not me, I am different. Hopefully more wise with the

adventures of Helen Klein, CIM, Lake Tahoe Marathon

reminding me that it really isn't about how fast you finish....

but that you keep pushing on and BELIEVING in yourself

So, signing off for now until I have the elusive

UNICORN

medal around my neck

I will be wearing Bib 13609 this year

Here we go......

Boston 2011