I'm not going to force my religion on you and I'm not about to quote of scripture but hear me out on this one....
Pace bands are used by many "serious" runners during a race to help them keep on pace to finish a race in their desired time period. The idea is to use a slip of water-resistant paper on your wrist that has certain times that correlate to each mile. So if you want to keep a 12 minute mile pace throughout the 26.2 mile marathon, you would write "mile 1- 12, mile 2- 24, mile 3-36" and so on. You would then look down at your watch every time you pass a mile marker to see if you are keeping on pace and you adjust your running speed accordingly.
I wrote "serious" runner above because pace bands are way too serious for me. I usually just try to run the whole race and if I run more than a 12 minute mile, so be it. Just keep the legs a turnin!
With that said, I want to use a pace band BUT I plan on stealing Kristin Armstrong's (the ex-Mrs. Lance Armstrong, her book Mile Markers is good, get a copy) recommendation by turning my pace band into a prayer band. Now again I'm not a religious nut, but I do believe in prayer. There are several people in my life right now that could use some good old fashion prayer, so lets give it a try, shall we. IF (yes IF in caps) I can find a pace band before the July 16th Half Moo-Nlight Marathon (sign up today!) I will be assigning someone or something to pray for/ meditate over/ concentrate on/ send good vibes to during each mile of the 13.1 mile race. The course is supposed to be dark and down country roads so the scenery isn't going to keep me distracted, nor is loud music always a good idea when those unpredictable and vengeful cows are around. So to distract myself Ill be thinking about someone. Will it be you?
If you think you need some pray send over a message and Ill try to fit you into my lucky 13. You will get at least 12 minutes of love from myself and my maker.
