This coming Sunday I will run my first half marathon, Big Sur at Monterey Bay.  I’ll be joined by my two friends, Karen Waller and Julee Holland, and 9,000 other runners on a scenic journey of 13.1 miles.  I am ready.  I have been training and feel prepared.   I have confidence that my legs will carry me where I need to go.\n\nThey greater challenge will be mental, and to help with that aspect of the race here are some of the things I plan to say to myself as I run.\n

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  • I can

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  • One foot in front of the other

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  • Run my own race

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  • Breathe

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  • Smile

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  • Shoulders down

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  • Run, Forest, run

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  • Hydrate

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  • Enjoy the scenery

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  • Rain? What rain?

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  • Finish strong

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\nI have equal confidence that this type of positive thinking will help carry me across the finish line of the race AND of life.