Jumping Jolly Fish!

I woke up at four this morning and my brain went, "Oh Sh*t! I have to run a marathon in a week!". Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep after that. I finally got out of bed and pulled myself together and left for my last team run before the marathon.

It was gorgeous out this morning. It was cool without being too cool and even though it started out a little dark, it meant we only ran into the sun for about 20 minutes. I started out at a decent pace. I made friends with a girl who is doing the KC half. She is running with a bunch of her friends. So we chatted to the first water stop which was her turn around point and then wished each other luck and took off in separate directions.

I don't know what happened, but when I say I took off, I mean I took off. I was running 10 minute miles which is almost 2 minutes faster than my normal time. I ran out to the second water stop, stopped to thank one of our coaches for doing so much for us throughout training, and then took off again. I got back to the first water stop in no time. I was feeling really good. So I said thank you to our volunteer because he has been there almost every morning with us to provide the water stop and he is a really great guy.

Again I took off. But this time I stopped when crossing one of the bridges because I heard splashing and when I looked over this HUGE fish was jumping vertically out of the water and then going straight back in. I'm not really sure what it was doing, but I couldn't stop watching. So that took about a minute or so. I ran the rest of the way back to my car and felt great the whole time! It was refreshing after the 8 being so dissapointing. I really hope this doesn't mean the marathon won't go well. But I'm not going to think that way. I'm sure it will go well.

I can't believe there is only one week left! I'm glad today went well, and I am looking forward to the big day!