5:00am and the alarm went off. In that moment I was not awake enough to remember I had a marathon to take care. As I turned off the alarm, “ouch”. My neck! The tightness I had endured about a month ago was back. Not ideal, I thought, as I figured my bearings and remembered it was race day. Aside from that irritation, my morning was chilled. I ate my breakfast, drank my coffee, and did some yoga dance moves that I know my body likes before a run. Dare I say, I was relaxed. 

“You have to be able to walk before you can run”, so the saying goes…. well, it’s pretty true. Perhaps you have aspirations to start running, but are struggling to get beyond a couple of minutes. Therefore, the thought of ever running a 5km or 10km is not even comprehendible.