10 Days!

The AirBnB Brooklyn Half is in ten days.

Deep breath. I’m nervous.  I’m excited.

I’ve kept up with my training. I still walk more than I prefer and running is a bit of a mixed bag. Sometimes it feels like wow, I’m running, and other times I just want to stop and go home.

I ran with my friend O and she had me doing interval and sprints. Intervals, no problem, but sprints?! Sprints!  I felt like a 9 year old girl, pony tail bouncing against my back, wind and sun in my face as I chased my school friends playing tag. It was amazing. Sprints will become a regular part of the routine.

Michelle, who will be by my side during the race, reminds me to just keep a study pace.

And I’m still nervous.

I’ve been hoping for a breakthrough in my running, one that will undeniable let me know that I’m runner.

I think the breakthrough is me saying I’m a runner.

Listen up, y’all — I am a runner.