It has been 21 weeks since I have been able to say that and, oh boy, does it feel good that it is finally here. This Sunday I will be running the 5k at the Drake Relays Road Races. I ran the half marathon there last year and am looking forward to being back. There is a few changes to the race this year. They have added back a 10k distance and moved the races to the weekend preceding the Drake Relays. This move allows all of the races to finish inside the stadium on the blue oval which adds some extra excitement.
It has been a very strange off season for me, plagued by bad weather for training, struggling to stay motivated and unexpected race schedule changes. To top it all off, I came down with a cold last week that has slowed me down considerably going into race week. I feel like I finally turned a corner today but with 5 days completely off of training and 3 other extremely light training days, I'm not exactly feeling very prepared for this weekend.
The good news for me is that once my season kicks off, the races will pile up relatively quickly and racing always helps to re-energize and motivate me.
At this point, all that is left is to pray for good running weather on Sunday, then go out there and do what I always do.
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