Stage Three: Bargaining

Oh dear God, please please please please please just get me through that race in one piece without me snapping my shins in two or grinding off my heels or losing my toes or torquing my knees or exploding my cardiovascular system or any other kind of permanent damage, physical and/or psychological, and I promise I will never, ever, ever enter another race unless I have followed the recommended training schedules precisely and exactly as written and eaten not one single morsel of non-runners food and I will be a better person and a better momma and will work for world peace and recycle everyday and give to the poor, too, if You will only please please please just get me across the finish line. Amen.