Gourmet Runner

The Garmin is charging. The clothes are picked out. I avoided fiber like the plague all day. I carbo loaded with a sushi dinner. I tapered this week (with the exception of 18 miles on Monday). I'm foam rolling. Hydrating. Putting on compression socks. Even my cat is encouraging me to run tomorrow. Can't let the kitty down, can I? I plan on running each step of the half marathon tomorrow planning my post-run food. Does anyone else do that? Really keeps me going on long runs. What do you dream about for post-race food? I always think it will be something sweet but I typically crave something salty like Pizza or chips. 

Last October I set out to run the Dalton Half Marathon and had one goal in mind - to break 2 hours. I felt it could happen, I had put in the work and even tapered that week. There was only one hiccup on race day, but it turns out that vomiting in the bushes at mile 6 is a pretty big hiccup. Final gun time: 2:01:22. My chip time disappeared somewhere but it was a small race so I don't imagine it was more than 20 or 30 seconds less, max. That was the sole picture of me post race. If you look closely, you can even see a little of the vomit that made it onto my white shirt (bad call on that one). I wish I was joking. I was not a happy camper after that race. SO FREAKING CLOSE and yet so freaking far away from breaking 2 hours. A few weeks later I ran my first marathon, got injured and started all over again. This Saturday I'm giving it another try at the Scenic City Half Marathon in Chattanooga. Part of the reason I ran my long run in Chattanooga on Monday was to run on part...