i should be packing for my race, michelle and i leave tomorrow morning around 10am for the City. we'll park at ezpark, check in at the hotel, go pick up our packets and check out the expo. probably talk a LOT about our nerves, and go to the TNT pasta party. then i'll head to my room and ice my ankle and knee for a while before i turn in for sleep. i hope.
i'm not sure when i've been so excited for something, at least not recently. i mean i've been excited for things - parties, weddings, new babies, graduations, etc. but i have butterflies whizzing around in my tummy in a way that i haven't felt since christmas eve circa 1987. it's excitement, anxiety, pride and even a little sadness, all rolled into one. i'm excited because i've never done something this big - a 20,000 person event that brings a city to its knees for a day? no, never! i'm anxious because i don't exactly know what to expect - from the course, the city, the weather or my body. let's all remember i do have an angry ankle and a bum knee. i'm proud because i'm actually doing it - something i never thought i could. and i'm a little sad because this moment is bittersweet; my TNT experience is coming to a close, and all that energy i've been feeding off of from each of you, as well as the support from my teammates and TNT staff, is winding down. my wednesday evenings and saturday mornings are now my own again, and i'm not sure that i like it!
like i said before, i should be packing, but i'm here, on the computer, chronicling these precious last pre-race days. i'm hoping to bring my computer with me and write a little on saturday night, just before i go to sleep, so stay tuned!
besos!
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