La vie est belle –
Bonjour mes amis!
Aujourd’hui c’est mon anniversaire! J’ai 52! Cinquante-deux! Sérieusement, c’est ok. Maintenant, je suis jeune…demain, je ne sais pas.
J’aime l’automne, c’est joli. Et vous, aimez-vous l’automne?
L’hiver est horrible pour moi. C’est joli aussi et j’aime la neige! Mais, en hiver il fait froid. Alors, je besoin de prépare et acheter un nouveau manteau.
Toutefois, je vais courir.
During –
Preparing for the Fall and I don’t mean l’automne.
When I fall, it normally takes months for me to snap out of it.
The snap really isn’t a snap; it’s a slow, gradual recover. But during – I spin.
Each September the fall finds me and as the days shorten and darken, I tumble down deeper and deeper only to emerge when the birds return to sing.
I’m thankful for the sun that warms the glass of the window where I sit and stare and spin.
The fall always comes as does the snap – it’s the during I fear.
Dealing with the during, I remind myself:
- La vie est belle / Life is beautiful
- Rassure-toi / Everything will be okay
- Ne t’en fais pas / Don’t let it get to you
- T’inquiète pas / Don’t worry
Getting to the start line –
Comment vont les genoux? / How are the knees holding up? Pas mal / not bad, they’re holding up.
But, is it because I’m holding back?
To get myself to the start line of the 50 miler, I’ve decided to forgo the longer runs on the training schedule, which calls for me to do two 25 mile runs before race day.
Fearing the high mileage will do more harm than good, I’ve chosen to skip the longer runs and work on overall body strength and the middle distance runs (10 – 15 milers).
My hope is that I’ll have saved my knees (mostly the right knee) for race day and that the knees will hold up on race day or at least through mile 40 – I’ll crawl the last 10 miles if I have to.
“If you fail to plan you are planning to fail.” Benjamin Franklin.
And
“He who fails to plan is planning to fail.” Winston Churchill.
Bonus – a look into my race day running bag –
Les biscuits / Cookies
La valise / Suitcase
L’eau / Water
Les chaussures / Shoes
Les chaussettes / Socks
Plus de cookies / More Cookies
La casquette (unsure on the article la or le) / Cap
La veste / Coat
Les serviettes / Towels
Crème solaire / Sunscreen
Beaucoup de Cookies / A lot of cookies
Au revoir et bonne journée!
Suz
P.S. Joyeux anniversaire à moi!
Suz Learns @ Behind the Postcard 