Beautiful temperatures and clear sky for parkrun this morning. My official time was 35:11; being one second off on my Strava is pretty impressive. I’m usually a few seconds off one way or another.
This wasn’t a very flashy parkrun for me. Garmin’s suggested workout was 33 minutes base, which I did plus the extra to make it 5k. Tomorrow’s the half marathon so I can’t go all out … but I did sprint the last .11 of a mile this morning. You gotta! The parkrun crew felt extra lively today too, not sure why. Maybe we’re all just excited for Spooky Season.
After getting home and showered and changed, I took a walk over to the Oregon Convention Center and the Portland Marathon Expo, picking up my bib and swag and then spending too much money on merch. I can’t help it; I was a broke kid who grew up into a broke adult, and I’ve gone to a lot of events where I couldn’t afford to buy any merch. Now I’ve got a bit of money so I’m gonna buy some merch dammit!
So this is it, my last run before I run 13.1 miles tomorrow morning. I wish I had some words of wisdom but I don’t. I’m just eager to get it going and see how my body responds to this level of pushing myself. Hopefully, well!
Time to relax for the rest of the day, get some more carbs in, and go to bed early.
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