4 days!

Yesterday turned out to be a pretty sweet day! After work I checked out the marathon pavilion set up in Central Park! I felt like it was a sneak peak of the expo, a place to get some of those jitters out and a way to start getting excited for the big day! 

I picked up a shirt and a new Sparkly Soul headband! I posted the first picture of the new headband for the marathon on Instagram, and I won a surprise 12 pack of headbands, which is super exciting since I own so many already! I wanted to buy more gear but everything said finisher on it and I'm super superstitious before a race, and I just couldn't bring myself to buy anything but the headband that said finisher! Technically I am a finisher since I ran last year but still don't want to jinx myself! 

Afterwards I ran in the park, and that's when panic set it. I was really excited and then I started running and felt this pain in my inner thigh I've been dealing with since I ran my 20 miler. It went away with some rest and stretching, but during the last week it's been coming back after every run, and it's worrying me. I'll take care of it after the marathon, but I hope I can make it through the marathon if it begins to flare up during the race. This is one reason I'm more nervous than last year, my body was fine and felt OK during my training, but this year I've had more aches and pains bother me than ever before. I'm just praying it gets better, I'll be there Sunday no matter what, I just hope I have a good race, and make it to the end as strong as I hope to be.