Race Day Registration Is Now Open...And I'm Already Nervous...
Okay, so race day registration is officially up. I haven’t registered just yet, but by the end of the day today I will have. If you haven’t done so yet, I suggest checking out the link at the bottom of the side bar to the right there for the race’s homepage. It has everything you’d ever want to know about the event. It benefits cystic fibrosis, and the various organizations in Cincinnati hold it annually.
Since its Halloween weekend there are usually costume contests, and apparently there’s an after party as well. It will be a new experience for me all around. I will not be dressing up in a costume, though. But I think that I will be wearing gear from the community that helped inspire me to start this little adventure. I have their homepage linked in the side bar to the right as well – Refugee Gamers. The buddy who suggested I do this I’ve ‘known in real life’ for almost 10 years now, but we both belong to that community as well. I plan on taking my camera and have somebody snap some photos of the race, and I’ll be sure to post them up!
The heat will officially be on after I register. There’s no going back after that. Money will have been paid, and race day packets and numbers will start to be handed out at 10 a.m. that day. I’ve already requested PTO (Paid Time Off) for the day, and I’ve been building up for this since June so there’s really no going back.
It’s still over a month away, but with registration being opened today I’m already nervous. I haven’t done anything athletically competitive in almost 10 years. I haven’t a time goal in mind since this is not only the first race I’ve done in almost ten years, but it’s also the first distance race I’ve ever done. So my only goal for this first time around (I plan on continuing to register in these races year round so that I don’t fall back out of shape again) is just to run (or jog rather) the entire course without having to stop and walk. That’s my goal this first time around. I’ve been warned about the course and how many inclines there will be, so I’ve made sure to do all of my training at the park that has two major hills through the trail that it has. I’m not sure if that will be enough, though. I’m going to have to really buckle down these last few weeks of training to really make sure that I’m ready when race day gets here.
If I ever needed support on this guys, I need it now so that I don’t chicken out before I register – and of course once I register that’s the point of no return.
Since its Halloween weekend there are usually costume contests, and apparently there’s an after party as well. It will be a new experience for me all around. I will not be dressing up in a costume, though. But I think that I will be wearing gear from the community that helped inspire me to start this little adventure. I have their homepage linked in the side bar to the right as well – Refugee Gamers. The buddy who suggested I do this I’ve ‘known in real life’ for almost 10 years now, but we both belong to that community as well. I plan on taking my camera and have somebody snap some photos of the race, and I’ll be sure to post them up!
The heat will officially be on after I register. There’s no going back after that. Money will have been paid, and race day packets and numbers will start to be handed out at 10 a.m. that day. I’ve already requested PTO (Paid Time Off) for the day, and I’ve been building up for this since June so there’s really no going back.
It’s still over a month away, but with registration being opened today I’m already nervous. I haven’t done anything athletically competitive in almost 10 years. I haven’t a time goal in mind since this is not only the first race I’ve done in almost ten years, but it’s also the first distance race I’ve ever done. So my only goal for this first time around (I plan on continuing to register in these races year round so that I don’t fall back out of shape again) is just to run (or jog rather) the entire course without having to stop and walk. That’s my goal this first time around. I’ve been warned about the course and how many inclines there will be, so I’ve made sure to do all of my training at the park that has two major hills through the trail that it has. I’m not sure if that will be enough, though. I’m going to have to really buckle down these last few weeks of training to really make sure that I’m ready when race day gets here.
If I ever needed support on this guys, I need it now so that I don’t chicken out before I register – and of course once I register that’s the point of no return.
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