It’s about time I got caught up on my last two races. After the Hawaii trip I had a quick trip to Florida while my brother was still around to keep an eye on Mom and Dylan, and just couldn’t get this posted.
This race goes on record as the earliest start time, 6:30am. With the time change due to the trip over from the mainland, my body didn’t seem to mind the 5:00am wake up call. The race was held along the waterfront of downtown Honolulu at Ala Mona State Park.
This was my first race since my attitude adjustment. No more negative self-talk while I ran, all was good! I definitely needed the positive attitude as I forgot to pack socks and Colleen’s offer to lend me a pair died quickly when she realized she’d only packed one. So I ran barefoot in my shoes. It’s all good! In my haste to get going in the morning, I forgot to put on my watch so had no way to track my splits and didn't put in my contacts so had to run in glasses. It’s all good! Then the rain started and I’d forgotten to bring my rain poncho and my glasses got all wet. It’s all good! But about that time things started to turn around. The sound of Highland bag pipes led us to the start line and soon after the start, the rain stopped but the cloud cover remained.
This race goes on record as the earliest start time, 6:30am. With the time change due to the trip over from the mainland, my body didn’t seem to mind the 5:00am wake up call. The race was held along the waterfront of downtown Honolulu at Ala Mona State Park.
This was my first race since my attitude adjustment. No more negative self-talk while I ran, all was good! I definitely needed the positive attitude as I forgot to pack socks and Colleen’s offer to lend me a pair died quickly when she realized she’d only packed one. So I ran barefoot in my shoes. It’s all good! In my haste to get going in the morning, I forgot to put on my watch so had no way to track my splits and didn't put in my contacts so had to run in glasses. It’s all good! Then the rain started and I’d forgotten to bring my rain poncho and my glasses got all wet. It’s all good! But about that time things started to turn around. The sound of Highland bag pipes led us to the start line and soon after the start, the rain stopped but the cloud cover remained.
As we ran through Magic Island someone said “look at the rainbow!” Positive self-talk continued. The course was completely flat except for a few dips in the sidewalk for drainage. I sensed mile one was a bit slow but again I heard the pipes a callin’ and gave it a little kick for mile two. Took just a sip of water and kept going. I felt great for mile three and as I approached the finish line, near the tennis courts, I started thinking about my dad. I could see him playing with someone and as I ran by he’d stop, turn to me and with a big grin say: “Atta girl Mia, lookin’ good,” then turn back to the game. With a final chorus from the bagpiper, I turned the corner and saw the time clock, a 32:39 finish. WHAT?!?!?!?! After all the positive energy, after the kick at mile two and the last quarter mile and that’s all I could do?!?! All that positive self talk and I got nothin’! Except a big grin on my face!Not sure why I found the slow time so funny. Maybe I just needed to be reminded as to why I started this quest in the first place.
