Is It So Bad...?

Oh yeah, another post-run studio shot of yours truly. This time it's to show off a few race day get up ideas. First...I'm mixin' up my hair and wearing a poof on the front of my head with two low ponytails sans a visor. This is the longest my hair has ever been (I realize I've been saying this now for over a year, but I keep letting it grow) and I wanna feel cute dang it! So I tried out the ponytails and I'm giving them the green light. 


And...is it so bad that I'm not wearing a lick of Nike for the 10,000+ women's Nike Half Marathon on Sunday? I'm wearing an old Zoot tri top, Athleta shorts, and my fav Newton shoes. I have a lot of pink/red going on. Oh, did I mention I wanna feel cute? 


But let's get to what really is bad-I realize how much of monkey brain I've got going on at the moment. It keeps telling me 'You're not that in shape', 'You're not svelte like a year ago', 'You haven't trained to run well on Sunday', blah, blah, blah. It just won't quiet down. But then I look at the pic above and shake my head at the disconnect between my brain and body. When I look at picture- I think I look just fine. Heck, I even think I look CUTE! But somehow my monkey brain discredits any and all validity of my current physical situation. So monkey brain- stop trying to ruin my parade- go climb a tree and stuff it with bananas.


And bananas is what I'll be stuffing this Sunday morning- post race at hopefully around ~8:40 ish am. That's my wish anyway. 


Happy Friday Friends! Good luck with any and all races, and if you're racing the Nike- here's to long ponytails, cute get ups and KNOWING we all look awesome out there...;-)