With less than 24 hours until showtime, my head is racing with thoughts about what to pack, how I am feeling and how I will do. I went to my last chiropractor appointment before the marathon last night and went to TrySports to ask their opinion on clothing options during the marathon with the chilly forecast ahead.
The chiropractor is just awesome and I would recommend him to anyone having any sort of back problems. For that matter, I think a lot of problems we experience in our entire body could somehow be related to our spines. Without him, I really don’t think I would be at the start line tomorrow.
The wonderful folks at TrySports recommended that I wear a long-sleeve tech tee, with a short-sleeve tech tee over it that I can remove if I get too warm. They also suggested a wicking, breathable hat (I have an UnderArmour Cold Gear hat that I picked up at REI) & breathable gloves (bought those last night at TrySports, Saucony gloves with a mitten cover if needed, thanks Jenn!). They told me that my plan to wear UnderArmour boxer jocks and running shorts with compression sleeves should suffice for my legs. I will also carry my Nathan Speed 2 water belt with both bottles containing multi hour amounts of Hammer Nutrition Perpetuem, 5 Hammer Gels and a coin dispenser full of Hammer Endurolytes. I will of course run with my Garmin Forerunner 310XT so as to record every mile and the heart rate monitor so I can count the calories burned for the TrySports calorie burn contest. Guess how many calories I will burn and the closest will earn bragging rights!
Melissa posted this already on this blog post, but I thought it worthy enough to show again. Just looking at the map is still staggering to me. I think it would be even worse if I hadn’t run the course preview runs a few weeks ago.
Thunder Road Marathon Course
I am so excited that Jenn, Jeff, Chris, my Mom and Dad, Crystal, her Mom, Ryan, & Brandi will be there with Melissa and I. Crystal, her Mom, Ryan and Brandi are running the Jingle Jog 5K and I would venture to say this will be more of a Frosty 5K than next month’s! So sorry that you can’t run with us, but next year, you will rock it!
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I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve!!! I am so freakin excited! I woke up at 5:30 a.m. for no good reason. I cannot WAIT to be on that course tomorrow. I so hope the freezing rain holds off though …
You’re making me want to go get some good gloves and a good hat. Hmm …
Oh, and you should do a blog post later about who your chiro is and what he does. I am curious! I went to one for a while for my shoulder and it helped a lot.
3144 Calories. No walking.
So far, Jeff is going to win bragging rights on the calorie burn! He is the only one who has given a number.
Im sorry I wont be able to be at the finish line for you guys, but em excited for you! Good luck on the run!! I know that you’ll do great. Im still pulling for Melissa to beat you though
3,056 calories – You’re going to rock it.
Im gonna go a little bit higher and say that it will be 3,269.
Good luck once again!!