You're going to be a RockStar!

The day began at 5am in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Last night, I joined Meg Bannon, Chris Bill, Matt Miceli and Adele Dockendorff for a goodbye Matt dinner last night. It was a splendid evening and we were all in bed early, perfect for me! Although, I didn't sleep well because I was worried about sleeping through my first group run.

I don't think I've been awake that early, that tired, and also that excited since UMass band time! I jumped out of bed at 6:13am, minutes before my alarm to avoid waking up Meg. I jumped in my car for a quick journey up Rt 3. The sun was rising behind me, the dunks coffee was sinking in and slowly waking me up, and my nerves were high. I managed to arrive early, even with one stop to ask for directions.

The Bottom Line - Team Go Far will be training with two other charities - Boston Partners in Education and the Esplanade Association, which we met this morning. Our teams are small so it's helpful to combine our forces and resources. Our coach, Rick Muhr coaches all three teams and it's helpful for our training runs - gym locations, water stops. This morning, we met at Revolution Fitness on Columbus Ave. Thank you to the gym! It's absolutely beautiful.

Jenny, Katie, Meagan, and Allison

Rick, our coach and marathon man, ran the Boston Marathon in a time of 2 hours 36minutes, taught the teams how to run efficiently this morning. We're suppose to run with 90 steps per minute, which means decreasing the stride during the runs. The smaller stride helps decrease the pressure and pounding on my feet. I also learned how to tie my shoes! I'm a big girl now! The coach taught us a secret weapon with triple knots, bows, and marathon sprinkles. Well not exactly, but I can't describe the loops of the special lacing. The new tying option keeps our sneakers tight and feet in place for optimum running power.

Team Go Far running!

Here are the stats on our run and pictures! My mile pace was a little slower than usual, but it's an average time and I had a few stops for traffic and photo ops.



I also enjoyed chatting and meeting with my new team members. Meagan Meleragni, another young woman on the team works at AIG in Boston and I think she really wanted me to get the word out that her office did not have a Christmas party! She was a little embarrassed to admit her employer. It was a very enjoyable run even with the below freezing temperatures. I honestly didn't notice the cold weather. The scenery, conversations and my Nike iPod stats successfully distracted me.

Rick gave us another awesome and successful pep talk. This morning, he inspired us with compliments and visions of our future training. We're awake at a gym in Boston before 8am ...on...a...Saturday! And will be for weeks! If that doesn't say committed to the Boston Marathon than what does? I definitely need to adjust my Friday night plans for the next few months. I can avoid drinking, but I need more rest as well so that means an early light dinner and then to bed. In the next week or so, I'm going to post my training schedule. Rick mentioned that we'll become intimately familiar with the first twenty miles of the marathon, and "with the last six it doesn't matter because you're a rockstar and that carries you through!" We'll be rockstars for the day! I can't wait! We also received our official Boston Marathon entry forms today!!!!!!!!!! I might scan a copy of mine and keep the original. I'm a badass!

Okay, I must move along to fundraising activities and emails! Have a nice weekend everyone!