#qcmarathon

Supposed to be doing the #qcmarathon tomorrow but the #quadcities are supposed to have torrential downpours allllll day and alll night. 3-5 inches of rain..Still thinking of going but not sure.. if I want to even do it and just bite the $$$ and do a long run on the treadmill. Thoughts/Opinons.. who wants to make me a shiny medal for running on the treadmill? 🤷🏻‍♀️😂 https://www.instagram.com/p/B2rNXa3hDGK/?igshid=hoyaywbwag1o

Lets hope this is true! I've run only about 20 steps since last Sunday's long run. I've been rowing and biking to rest joints and of course walking the Coach 🐶lots! T-14 hours (ish) #qcmarathon #marathontraining #marathonmom #secondmarathon

Lol 🤣but I think on Sunday the word stroll may be replaced with sauna! #gonnabehot #hydrateordie #marathonmom #marathontraining #secondmarathon #qcmarathon #overconfidentandundertrained

Last long run done today and one week from the starting line of a marathon for which I am seriously underprepared. I have missed *a lot* of training plan workouts and runs during these past 16 weeks. Less so in these last six weeks or so, but still quite a few. A small part of me, the more sane and reasonable part, is considering dropping down to that half yet. I can decide at packet pickup the day before. But the rest of me doesn't want to take the easy way out. The rest of me wants to make this a tribute, for Keith, for suicide awareness in general, for the 22 plus 1 who tragically end their silent suffering everyday, and for those of us who are left behind to make sense of it. I am not sure I will finish sans injury. Heck I am not even 100% sure I will finish. Having a whole in my heart has made every training run so much harder to even start and more exhausting to finish. I signed up for this race at the beginning of the year with a goal to BQ my time. Today, last pre-race long run done, I can only hope to finish and meet or perhaps slightly best my barely sub-5 hour time from 10 years ago. How the course of life before me can change so much in just a decade is beyond my ability to comprehend or explain. Maybe I will figure it out somewhere on that 26.2 miles of concrete, bridges, and asphalt next week. #qcmarathon #runningtheisland #marathonmom #mysecondmarathon #suicideawarenessmonth #22plus1 #suicidewidow #stopveteransuicide Suicide/Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255, option 1 or text 838255