mariel.bsky.social
Latina. Texpat. Software Engineer. Lawyer. Alum: Flatiron School, University of Texas School of Law '12, Texas A&M '09. I love Houston, cookies, dogs, and making stuff.
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Okay, *but hear me out*
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okay but hear me out
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That little smiley face is how I know you mean it 😂😭
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I really belive that America's most fundamental problems are that (1) we can't read, and (2) we can't admit it and get help.
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and you know there are enough people that like them that would move there despite knowing it's gonna be Fyre Island.
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My favorite part is when everyone claps after because yay we did it
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Paul's gonna be glad I learned this because my solution has been to forget about it until I don't feel good. Like a sad wilted plant.
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I'm only at 20.17mi I wouldn't even be done with a full marathon yet so nope never absolutely not a half is fine.
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Sitting on the bus waiting to go back to the hotel and lol it's only 10:28AM.
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Also I had "I'll Make a Man Out of You" on repeat the entire race so RIP my Spotify wrapped
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HELLO FRIEND GRACIAS ❤️
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THE GIRL WHO LIVED
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lol woman behind me to her friend: AND I DIDNT THROW UP. NOT EVEN ONCE.
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Jk lol it's fine
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Welp.
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THE BALLOON LADIES
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JasMAN. He's here with his mom. The other day he was Rapunzel 😂
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One thing is do appreciate is all the volunteers who both make this happen and put so much into being encouraging and helping you finish. 😭
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On the upside getting to the corral just before 5 means only waiting for an hour to start instead of 1.5 to 2 hours.
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Didn't get here early enough to be at the front of the last corral but I'm not at the end of it. 😬
I'm just really not optimistic about today and I think it's because I didn't do it here last year and WHAT IF BAD.
Like the encouraging signs the hotel staff put up almost made me cry before we left.
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For the 5k everyone had cute outfits and glitter and joy and lolwelp not so much for the 21.1k.
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It's why I also started collecting pins.
I collect coffee mugs but they take up so much space, and I'm a trinket person so I'm absolutely getting something to remind me I did this, and pins are little.
If I didn't like shiny things my life would be less expensive.
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One year I might do another race to submit proof of time to start in an earlier corral to have more time to walk.
"Or Mari you could exercise more and just do this one"
YES BUT
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Regardless, I already got the Pandora charms for the 5k and the Fairy Tale Challenge (10k and the half) so not finishing isn't really an option 😂😭
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I haven't done other races because ew why so I never submit a proof of time so I'm always in the last corral. If I can manage to get in the first wave that's a 2-3 minute buffer.
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And tbh it's 16min starting when the last person starts, so depending on where you start you could get away with 16-20.
Part of getting up so early is to get in the corral early and hope for a bit of a buffer.
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My target is 14.5 and the limit is 16 - I want just fast enough to not get swept and have time to stop at the bathroom.
IT'S NOT A COMPETITION MARI WE ARE JUST TRYING TO STAY ALIVE HERE.
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The 5k is funsies. The 10k can even be for a little novelty.
But the half is a battle with your brain more than anything else. I need the comfort of familiarity so Brain can remember we did this before and we can do it again probably! Not oh no this is new guess we may as well die now!!
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Tomorrow morning alone is gonna be 32k or so.
Why am I like this.
Doing the 5k and the half alone was fiiiiine but nooo.
Gonna end up crying on the side of the highway at 7am like
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it's really stressing me out 😩