I can't lose. Nope, it's not even in my vocabulary at the moment. With everything that's happened lately, I really have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Remember that slippery slope I was on a couple of weeks ago? The momentum from that ride has miraculously kept its pace through race week and I don't intend on slowing down anytime soon.
On Monday, with just less than a week to go before the marathon, I put out a call on Facebook that A Run For Your Money was at 91% to its goal of raising $777 for the BGCH. A couple of hours later, I get a message from a fellow BOCA athlete asking how much more money I needed to hit my goal. When I checked, I had just surpassed my goal and was ecstatic over that. Twenty minutes later he posts a message on my wall saying that I've just topped a grand, with the help of his very generous donation. I nearly fell off my chair! This was beyond anything I ever imagined with this campaign. Needless to say, I was riding pretty high the rest of the day and could barely contain my excitement.
And then came the 808 Race Hawaii- Marathon Readiness Series Awards Dinner at McCoy Pavilion. Other than enjoying good food from Yama's Fish Market and great company with fellow athletes, I wasn't expecting much else. Of the 4 races I completed out of the 5 in the series, the highest ranking I got was 2nd place in my age group for the 25k so I pretty much ruled myself out of winning any kind of award. And then surprise #2 for the day came. Guess who took home some hardware as the series age group winner for the M25-29 division?
Ohh man that felt awesome! Taking top honors in the sport that I love less than a week before the marathon definitely sets the tone for race week. It's a welcome confidence boost, that's for sure, but with all this excitement going on, my sleep schedule's been thrown out of whack. I don't know if my body is trying to prep itself to do work at 5 in the morning on Sunday, but I've been getting up very early these past few mornings. I'm not complaining though, the quiet early morning hours have given me a lot of time to reflect and be truly grateful for all the things that have come together this year.
On Monday, with just less than a week to go before the marathon, I put out a call on Facebook that A Run For Your Money was at 91% to its goal of raising $777 for the BGCH. A couple of hours later, I get a message from a fellow BOCA athlete asking how much more money I needed to hit my goal. When I checked, I had just surpassed my goal and was ecstatic over that. Twenty minutes later he posts a message on my wall saying that I've just topped a grand, with the help of his very generous donation. I nearly fell off my chair! This was beyond anything I ever imagined with this campaign. Needless to say, I was riding pretty high the rest of the day and could barely contain my excitement.
And then came the 808 Race Hawaii- Marathon Readiness Series Awards Dinner at McCoy Pavilion. Other than enjoying good food from Yama's Fish Market and great company with fellow athletes, I wasn't expecting much else. Of the 4 races I completed out of the 5 in the series, the highest ranking I got was 2nd place in my age group for the 25k so I pretty much ruled myself out of winning any kind of award. And then surprise #2 for the day came. Guess who took home some hardware as the series age group winner for the M25-29 division?
Ohh man that felt awesome! Taking top honors in the sport that I love less than a week before the marathon definitely sets the tone for race week. It's a welcome confidence boost, that's for sure, but with all this excitement going on, my sleep schedule's been thrown out of whack. I don't know if my body is trying to prep itself to do work at 5 in the morning on Sunday, but I've been getting up very early these past few mornings. I'm not complaining though, the quiet early morning hours have given me a lot of time to reflect and be truly grateful for all the things that have come together this year.
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