Mentally Preparing for the Manhattan Half Marathon

I don't know what possessed myself to sign up for the Manhattan Half Marathon last month. I think I had a moment of insanity! Now that the Marathon is only 6 days away I am freaking out. It's the same feeling I got before my first bike tour and before last year's Five Boro bike tour. I have only run 10 miles on a treadmill. My longest run was 5.1 miles outdoors. And guess what.....it's going to be freaking COLD! Right now The Weather Channel is telling me that the high will be 25 degrees. The HIGH!! Seriously, what was I thinking? I am not going to back out of this. I am not going to let the weather scare me out of this. I am going to do. I don't know what to except. I have done so much reading on what to do, what to wear and how not to die. (Well maybe not the dying part)
So why the heck am I doing this? I am doing this for myself. I want to prove to myself that I can do these insane things and come out ok on the other side. I also want to be awesome for my children. I want to show them that they can do anything they put their minds to even if it is insane!

The greatest part apart doing all this events is coming home to the warmest hugs and kisses from my kids. I feel like a winner when I get that giant group hug. The first question always comes from Big Al. "Where you been Mommy?" I explain to him what I did and he runs away and says, "Ok Mommy." Then he comes back and asks for food. HA!

So my plan for the next six days is not to think about the race but to think about the warm hugs and kisses from my kids when I get back home. That is my reward for kicking ass!

13.1 miles here I come!!!