11/10/07 59F Drizzling

I'm writing this as I am relaxing at Howard Johnson in Pacific Grove. I'm a little worried about tomorrow's race since my left groin feels a little tight. Also, it's drizzling outside. It's going to be a wet race tomorrow.

Here are some of the highlights that happened earlier since Friday night.

Friday night

I ate the Oven Roasted Twister at KFC and had a very sharp pain immediately after I finished eating. I called my girlfriend for assistance and she told me I can either puke'em up or wait for it go down the other way. I tried to hold it in, but my stomach felt like a balloon and something was punching it from the inside. I couldn't keep it any longer and I had to wretch it up.

I felt much better after I puked. My girlfriend arrived later and I had some bread and chicken noodle soup.

Saturday

Tony couldn't join us

My girlfriend and I wanted to leave early in the morning to check out the course, but Tony wanted to leave a little later. We waited until 1pm, but he was still having lunch with his girlfriend, so the three of us (Jorge, Judy and I) took off without him. The forecast said it might start raining around 4pm, and we wanted to avoid the rain while we checked out the course. We arrived around 2:30pm. It was beautiful in Monterey and it looked like it was going to be a sunny day. We got our bibs and as we headed out to the course, sure enough, it starts sprinkling.

The course was actually a lot hillier than I thought.There is a slight downhill to Cannery Row, then an uphill. The slope up the Fountain Avenue is noteworthy. It's definitely not flat as the half marathon in San Jose. I'm not sure if I can finish it in 1:23. I'm happy if I can finish it under 1:24. My girlfriend didn't get the little ties that holds the chip timer on her shoes, so we decided to go back to the Expo in downtown Monterey. We also ate in downtown at Epsilon. How fitting to eat at a Greek restaurant before a half marathon! After stuffing ourselves with yummy food, we stepped out and it's drizzling.

I wanted to take a bath, but they didn't have a stopper, so I just took a shower. It's kind of weird to take a shower with the shower head located on the side of the wall. Anyway, we're waking up 5am tomorrow morning. Good nite!