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October 8th, 2009

Race Day & Weekend Prep

For those of you who haven’t checked my calendar this week (and why would you), Saturday is the much-anticipated Sunshine Run 10K! I’ve completed my training, missing only two workouts of my eight-week training, and now I’m resting and not eating anything stupid between now and Saturday morning. If you’re not a runner, you may not be aware that no matter our academic and professional training, we all turn into Rain Man when races come around. Not only can we do some pretty difficult math in our heads, but we become very very very particular about our schedules, food, and gear. And yes, I have morphed into crazy OCD runner this week.

Add travel plans to the post-race party, and I’m out of control. As soon as the race is over, Chris and I are driving to Liberty to watch my cousin Drew play in William Jewell’s homecoming football game. It’s his senior year, and he’s team captain, and his mom, dad, and brother will be in from North Carolina to see him. So not only do I have to plan for race morning, I have to plan for an additional weekend of clothes and a morning of post-race food. I haven’t begun to figure out how I’m going to properly cool down and stretch out before we squish into the Civic.

With such a logistical challenge on my plate, what did I do? That’s right, I made a list:

And even though it’s Thursday night, I have laid out all my race day gear. All that’s missing is my bib number and timing chip:

And I started packing my food for Saturday in my brand new cooler:

(Not shown: pictures of my clothes and toiletries for the non-running portion of my weekend laid out on my bed. Because they’re already packed and I forgot to take a picture.)

Why am I doing this 36 hours before the race? Easy, I’m not going to be home most of the day tomorrow. Chris is out of town until late tomorrow night. And I don’t like to wait until the last minute.

Why do you think I’m doing this? Is it because I’m brilliantly creative or a gigantic idiot? (Check out the new rating system below to cast your vote.)