Free Snow Cone!

I just know i'll get a free snow cone at the end of the race. I'll be out there, awww, free snow cone. "Jannette, how far have you gone?" "FREE SNOW CONE! Free snow cone at the end of the race!" If I run they're gonna give me a free snow cone. Even if I run half the race i'll get a... I won't get a half snow cone, i'll still get the whole snow cone. People that run the whole race get a whole snow cone, and the people that run half the race get a whole snow cone. So it's always a whole, always a whole snow cone. Sooo i'd rather run the whole race. I'd rather do the whole. Still get the whole snow cone...

If you don't understand ^this^ reference... PLEASE watch this little Brian Regan bit:

Now just replace "snow cone" with "free t-shirt" and "finisher's medal" and this is about how i'm feeling right now about the fact that I just signed up for my second real marathon yesterday. In this moment i've lost my perspective on how much I love running and what a major accomplishment it is for me to push my body to these extreme limits and how completely rewarding of an experience it is for me. In this moment i'm not sure i'm going to survive this race with all it's miles and miles of hills. In this moment i'm feeling a little bit like i've lost my mind. In this moment, I don't know why i'm going out there to do this, except that I get a free snow cone t-shirt and finisher's medal at the end of the race. And I get to run it with my girl Mallory and she is going to keep me going even when i'd rather sit down and pick flowers in the outfield eat ice cream on the side of the road. 

Meanwhile... this happened today. 

Obviously still in denial that the real hard core training has to start like yesterday.