As part of your race preparation, you will undoubtedly be visualizing yourself completing your race goals at this point in your taper. You see yourself cross the finish line below your targeted goal time. Hopefully you visualize yourself getting your medal. Beyond that, what do you do? How do you plan to celebrate?
Have some simple ways to celebrate, such as taking lots of finish line pictures and eating your favorite meal. Heck, we all love to wear our marathon finisher's medal around. Wear it for as long as you want...you earned it! If you are participating in an out of town marathon, enjoy the local area and take a day of vacation just to have fun instead of focusing on your run. Get a massage. Go crazy!
What am I hoping to do to celebrate? I want some good finish line pics, a post race massage, possibly a good soak in the pool of our hotel. I want a fun day in Zion on Sunday and a good 'Sadie' meal within a week. (My kind of meals are kind of hard to come by in Utah, so hopefully we can make it to a special restaurant when we get back to Austin.) Other than that, I'm not too picky. The goal time will be good enough for me.
What are some of your favorite race celebration plans?
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Massage
Thin Mints
Pepperoni Pizza (if in Chicago)
Hut's Burger and Rings (if in Austin)
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