All done with training

Today's three miler was the last of the training walks.

Sunday, it's on to the half, OMG.

Do I feel ready? Depends.

From a cardio and muscle standpoint, hell yes. I finish the walks tired but not distressed and I'm usually not sore the next day and ready to go on another (perhaps shorter...) walk.

Mental? Meh. I do get emotionally needy at about 9 miles in, persuaded that I'm an idiot for even trying to train for this. Dh's equanimity and matter of fact attitude help. I mean, he's always ready to point out that no matter what I have to walk to the trailhead or to the car, so stopping isn't really an option. Yeah, yeah, I get it. LOL.

My biggest fear is my heels. For some reason, about seven miles in, they start to really really hurt and keep on hurting. I'd say plantar fasciitis, and maybe that it what it is, but it's only during the longer walks and usually resolves a few hours later without my doing anything. Plus, tbh, I didn't have plantar fasciitis at my fattest so? I've also heard p f described as a burning pain, and this is not that: it starts out as a dull ache that gets worse. My plan is to take some meds about 1/4 of the way into the walk.

Dh has been having some foot and back pain. He'll also take meds during, LOL.

We've made a promise to each other: if one person cannot finish, the other goes on.

We shall see. I'd love to check out the route, but the Seattle Marathon people use piece of flaming crap google maps and the yellow they choose -or pos google chose- for the half is the same color as google uses for large roads. Since the route does go over on I5... I'll just have to hope that the zillion people ahead of us will know where they are going.

Later today, dh and I need to find the time to listen to the talk the person at The Whole U who did the training plan etc gave on Monday. I'd wanted to listen live so I could ask a few things but didn't have time. The bit I was able to catch was full of tips so it'll be helpful.

Tomorrow packet pick up. Eeek. That was always the moment when the oh fuck I voluntarily signed up for this hit me when we rode the Seattle to Portland so I expect this to be the same!

TDay

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is enjoying the day with happy family and/or friends and good food!

I wanted to cancel dinner because all of the prep I did two weekends ago had to be thrown away. But... Perry rescued the gravy base, which is the most time-consuming part to make and given that, I felt guilty not going ahead with things. So we bought two more turkeys and produce, and I made more stuffing base and sauteed more mushrooms for the from-scratch green bean casserole (Linnea's bf likes it) and shopped again and again to replace stuff as needed. I never did get around to making more roasted yams, though.

Right now, it's the calm before the storm. As usual dh was late putting the turkeys on so his mother and sister (and the guests his sister invited) will be over too early and MIL and SIL will be complaining. I'm pretty irked about that. I'd be ready on time, though now I'll push back a bit so the mashed potatoes my MIL will be obsessing over will not sit for too long.

I do still have to shower though.

And the pretty top that I was planning on wearing is waaay too big. I don't know when it got too big. I mean, I was able to wear it just 15 lbs ago. I have no idea what I'll wear... probably just leggings and a t-shirt. Linnea at least looks cute!

Ah well. About to start assembling a few things and peeling the potatoes!