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September 16, 2005
Keeping Kalm
Today I really tried to keep my wits about me and not stress out over the weekend. Whatever happens will happen, tomorrow I can stress and write about it some more.
Today I rode the bike for 45 minutes and lifted. I looked back in my log book from the spring and saw this is what I did the Friday before the spring half marathon I ran. Is anyone else this superstitious? I try to repeat prerace rituals that have worked well in the past. This even applies to meals, sleep habits the night before, packing, etc. It probably doesn't actually help, but the familiarity of it makes it comfortable. Having a routine probably just takes one more worry out of the entire stressful race mentality.
Thank you to everyone who has wished some luck. It appears that RA already has a healthy membership without ever having an official meeting! The funny thing is that I have been asked to speak about tapering at a seminar, yet I am questioning my taper. This case is probably because this is not a goal race, just one to train through. I usually have some indicators heading into races, but none this time. I hope that the training, especially the past few weeks, pays off. My concern mainly stems from the fact that I have done very little since May, most of the races I entered were just for fun.
The only person who will be upset if things don't go well is me, in the grand scheme of things, the general public does not care if I have a bad race. As a typical runner, I tend to have high standards for myself, but as long as I can say I am happy with the effort, that is all that really matters. Doing that is definitely easier said than done. Immediately following a race, there are always doubts, but when looking back later there is more balance.
Time to cook some dinner!!!
Posted by Blondie at September 16, 2005 05:46 PM