Pre-race jitters

We all get them. Even the people that seem cool, calm and collected have at least a tiny bit of anxiety for the challenge that is now in front of them. It is easy to sign up for a race, it is usually far enough in the future that it might not even seem real. The night before the race when you are putting together your food and thinking of a race plan (I'm a last minute person on this stuff, some people have thought this through long before the night before), that is when it all seems real. I get excited and admittedly, nervous.


Tomorrow is the Leona Divide 50 miler in Palmdale, California. I made my way down here this afternoon and have spent the rest of the day catching up on work and just now put some thought into how many Clif Bloks I am going to carry and at which aid station I am going to leave Balanced drink for some extra calories. I even looked at last year's splits; this race presents a new challenge to me - it is the first one I have returned to in a LONG time. Usually I try different races each year. So I know the course, I ran well here last year... there is a little bit of, say, extra pressure... only what I put on myself.





The new Montrail/Nathan Team uniforms showed up in time... but something happened to the size of the Nathan logo?!?!


Get out there and enjoy the weekend! I'm going to!