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On My Way…

Coming to you live from the Houston- George Bush International Airport… I am finally on my way to Orlando, Lake Buena Vista to be exact. I don’t know if it is nerves, or what, but I haven’t had the best day so far. I had a massive coughing fit this morning on my way to the airport. This has happened to me before, but during an interview, with the Chicago Bulls none the less. I think it is a way for my nerves to come through without acting live nerves. Thank God I haven’t thrown up yet… That tends to be a very common occurance in my life when nervousness is involved.

I left San Jose at 7 am on a flight that seemed much for like a roller coaster ride with lots of jerks, and bumps. At one point I couldn’t even keep my small glass of orange juice on my tray table. We were swaying so bad that it was going to spill any second, so I spent about 15 straight minutes holding it. By the end of the 3 hours and 50 minute flight, I was claustrophobic  extremely motion sick, and READY to get off of that plane. There are some major storms over the south right now, so I am fearing the same thing from Houston to Orlando… We will see how it goes.

My mom will be waiting there when I arrive, and I am anxious to be taken care of for a few days. Many of my Disney friends will be in attendance, and I am super pumped to see them and reconnect. Oh, and I am running 39.3 miles… and like i posted on my Facebook page yesterday, come hell or high water, I am going to run that 39.3.

Butterflies

Ok, it is really starting to set in. The self-doubt, the nervousness, and the tiny voice saying, “WTF am I doing?!?” I am really gonna run 2 very big races this weekend, and I am really starting to get nervous. I have been living on East Coast time over the last few days, getting up at 3:00 am, going to be at like 6 or 7 pm. I am going to finally pack tonight… which should have been done this weekend, but was put off because I didn’t want to feel this way any longer than I had to.

Gonna try to get a short run in tonight, then finalize stuff at work tomorrow before the big trip on Thursday. SO much to worry about, but I know it will all be fine. Heck, worst case scenario I walk, right??

I went back to the office today after a few weeks back in Kansas. I miss my dogs. I miss my boyfriend. Sometimes I wonder why I left. I know it was absolutely the right decision for me. I would not be happy if I had stayed in my old position at Fort Hays State. I was miserable there. I was a babysitter. I wasn’t running. I was working like 80 hours a week. It was all around a very bad situation for me. I lost myself there, which is funny, because I thought I would have everything I needed!

I am down to less than a week until I leave for Florida, and I feel that this will be a step back on the right path for me. One of the best years of my life was when I ran the first marathon 3 years ago. Running had helped me get through so many things, and being away from my family is one of those things.

I will leave you with this today, as it is how I decide my next move in life:

“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious…and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”- Walt Disney

Every New Beginning…

I had the opportunity to watch an amazing move 2 nights ago. It was called Spirit of the Marathon, and if followed the journey of 5 individuals as they trained, prepared and ran the Chicago marathon in 2004. It brought back so many good feeling of my training. After running a few races, I have come to realize why I keep doing it. I race to train, not train to race. The training is what makes you a stronger, more self-empowered person. The training is where you strength is gained. The race means nothing. That is hard to understand sometimes, but it is exactly how it should be… It’s not the destination. It’s the journey.

I have a marathon scheduled for September 2nd in Columbia, Missouri, and my official training starts next week. This was such an awesome way to gain momentum going into my training cycle. The summer will be hard. Hot, windy training will be the name of the game in Northwest Kansas. I am ready.

Bring on the challenge…