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November 27, 2004

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Well, this ought to be interesting. I feel spectacularly bad. My belly has been unhappy, really, since I overate on Wednesday, but it's gotten rather odd. Yesterday, I started some really unpleasant cramping, and last night, I bled from my belly button, not a lot, not (I think) for a long time. I had a little freakout session last night—I've never heard of anyone's belly button bleeding. So, I guess I got lucky.

If this were a local race, and I hadn't signed up, I'd wait and see how I felt, but I've been planning on doing this half-marathon since before I did Portland. So, the show must go on. I'm hoping that perhaps this will pass and I'll feel fabulous tomorrow.

The weather in Seattle doesn't look bad. It should be about 37 and foggy when I start, and 44 and foggy when I finish! I'm hoping that I'll be finished by about 11:30, and that we can have a late checkout at the hotel so I can icebathe and change into street clothes. Oh, and at the finishline: clam chowder!

It sounds like a great race. The design seems walker friendly (the course doesn't open for cars until 2:15, allowing a 7 hour finish), they have normal support (yay, gatorade, yay, Gu!), on-demand massages and acupuncture. I'm getting excited for it! I just hope my body cooperates.

Posted at November 27, 2004

Comments

Hey! I did the Seattle Half in 1995! It was their 20th or 25th anniversary, I can't remember which. Although it took me 3 hours and 22 minutes it was a great course and great fun. I had never run more than 5 miles before I went, and I was about 60 pounds overweight when I got there. Still, I did the first six miles in around 67 minutes, which was a miracle time for me back then (I stopped exercising around that time and came back to running just last summer). It was slightly down hill and misty rainy and cool, which was perfect for me! Have a great time and finish strong! Can't wait to read about it. - Mia

Posted by: mia at November 27, 2004 8:11 AM

Good luck....have fun. (And get the belly button checked out.)

Posted by: susan at November 27, 2004 8:38 AM