Travelling to a half

My run on Tuesday was pretty good. I guess my body just wanted to go fast! Which is fine with me. It was also the last run of the week. I want to give my knee as much rest as possible.

My half marathon is on tomorrow. Leaving for Champaign/Urbana at 3:30p today since I have to pick up my packet before 8p on Friday. No race day pickup. It'll take me about 3 hours to get down there.

Then I'll also want to eat, not too late. Since I knew one of my co-workers went to University of Illinois for her undergrad degree, I asked her where some of good Italian restaurants/pizza joints to eat. Made reservations at a place. Almost thought about going to the Pasta Feed that they offer just to hear Katherine Switzer talk. I soo admire her!

Since I made hotel reservations late, I didn't get a great place. No microwave & no continental breakfast so I'm on my own there. Luckily, since it's only a half, I can get away with a bagel in the morning and that should tide me over.

Weather is calling for isolated thunderstorms, 40% chance of am showers. By 6 am should be 64 degrees so at least it'll be warm rain. Like my St. Louis Marathon, a year ago. We'll see how it goes.

Since I got a whooping 0 responses on the compression sock, which I knew I would, I researched for 2 nights and managed to pick out a brand and will be using it in my full marathon on the 16th. Let's hope it keeps the cramps away.

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 858 ft Location: DeKalb, IL Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 04/27/10 Up/Downhill: [+124/-124] Time: 04:32 PM Difficulty: 1.8 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 3.30 miles Time: 0:28:50 Speed: 6.9 mph Pace: 8' 44 /mi Calories: 349 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 44 +0' 00 6.9 -0.0 +23 ft 2 8' 39 -0' 05 6.9 +0.1 -13 ft 3 8' 58 +0' 14 6.7 -0.2 +13 ft end 8' 24 -0' 20 7.1 +0.3 -23 ft Versus average of 8' 44 min/mile

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