Out to Surprise myself

So we know that this season has not gone as planned.  I am not a model Ironman trainee.  My knee has yelled uncle with a torn meniscus.  My race is 6-weeks away and I feel very under-prepared.  However, despite all of this, I am thinking positive.  I am not allowing negative thoughts to enter my brain.  Chin up, keep moving.

Tomorrow I face my biggest challenge, and I fear that it will likely be the make or break of my plan.  I signed up for a half marathon, and I plan to take the long way to the race by bike.  I also hope to snarf down a little bit of food and then keep trudging along for as far as I can.  It was a joke started by my husband. 

My initial plan was to bike to the race, have hubby pick up my bike and then run the race and have him pick me up after he finished work.  He joked, "oh? You're not going to run home afterward?"  And it hit me, I probably can.  Not that I should be running all the way home after a half marathon, but another 7 or 8 miles really wouldn't be bad.  I can do that, right?  So here I am attempting it, with phone in hand, to cry uncle when the time comes- because it is 20 miles home- and that isn't going to happen :)

So 45 miles to the race, half marathon, and then a few miles afterwards.  Sounds like a plan, I can do this.  I'm going to surprise everyone, and mostly, myself :)