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6 days and counting...

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1 week is all I have left and I will be facing 13.1 miles in Historic Petersburg, VA.The same streets I walked as a college student brand new to the south. Even running through some of the places I once lived, partied and ran before. To think I will pass some of the same areas in which I've documented  with my then 6 year old for her cousin's "Flat Snai" project. It's exciting to finally run a place I once called home, a place I feel familiar with.


Petersburg Halloween Half Marathon

All that said I'm still kinda nervous about running 13.1 miles again. I know I physically can do it. I have faith that mentally I will find the inner endurance to silence the negative thoughts and push through but I am still nervous. In trying to shake the nerves of the Richmond Half is what got me here in the first place. So although I'm trying to the calm the noise I won't be doing anything too drastic.

In taking on this race, The Petersburg Halloween Half Marathon,  it challenged me creatively. It is the first time that I have to think about not only a costume but one that I can run in. So I played around with a ton of ideas. I have a batman shirt, my normal go to for a quick Halloween look, but it's cotton and I don't want to compromise my run. Last night after my 9mile run. I sat bored, after stretching and eating of course lol.  I'm a Gemini and boredom and I are not friends. Don't ask me but for some reason when I get bored I get girly. I grabbed my makeup bag and took to YouTube...    

Simple. Halloween. Makeup... yielded tons of women doing Sugar skulls or Day of the Dead makeup. I like the concept and I found one that I thought I could do so I gave it a try.


Now I have to do a test run with it to see if it will mess with my run at all! Then I can perfect the art a little better. Prayerfully this is it!




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