Dear Running: Friends on.

Hey Running,

I seriously thought it would be AGES before you and I attempted another marathon together - I always swear that I will NEVER do it again!

As I do every year I put my name in the random lottery draw for the Nike San Francisco Women's Marathon.  I was so sure I would NOT be selected that I completely forgot about it.  Like, totally.

Until 2 days ago.

I was on facebook and I noticed that they would be sending out notification to those who had been selected within 24 hours, so anytime after midnight on Friday the 28th.  Everybody who registered for the race was required to provide credit card information which would ONLY be processed and put through if you were selected for the race.

It was if I knew it was coming.  I woke up at midnight on the 28th and couldn't stop checking my phone.  I hardly slept.  Every Time I felt restless I'd check the phone again.

I hadn't heard anything by 9:00am when I fired up my laptop for work, but by that point NOBODY had as I was checking THIS facebook page continuously to make sure the emails hadn't already gone out.  At about 11am people starting reporting that they were noticing that they had pending charges to their credit cards for approximately the cost of the race.  My online banking actually SHOWS the pending transactions before they go through.  I checked and there was nothing.

I figured I had not been drawn again and I was disappointed but not totally surprised - it's an incredible race and a TON of people try to get in every year.  I was just about to close the window when a transaction popped up.  And there it was.  A transaction from Nike Women's Marathon.  And I knew I was in.  15 minutes later the email arrived.

 

I have been so overwhelmed by the support of my friends and family on facebook - I have been talking about this race for a really long time and I can't believe it's actually happening!

 

I'm going to be getting help from my PT Yoda Stu out in Burnaby to get me ready.  He says we need to fix my diet and get me faster - haha.  I totally knew both of those things already.  First on my radar is the lululemon half marathon in August then focus on the full.

 

Yikes!

 

Looks like you and I will be spending a lot of quality time together, running. 

 

Becka

XOXO