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May 04, 2006
Sticking With the Plan
This week I have been very good about sticking to my taper plan. My body always feels weird when I taper. Some of it is probably mental-I think that if I feel this crappy doing something short and easy, how am I possibly going to feel good in the race. Race day probaby does it to me, I love to race and thrive on it.
Yesterday was an easy off road day. I was apprehensive about doing this since I have such a tendency to twist my right ankle. I sprained it badly two years ago before the Philly Distance Run, made it through the race, and then never recovered. Because of that, I was especially cautious. The first mile felt awful and then my stride started to flow and things felt normal. It usually takes a mile to start to feel good, two miles to really feel normal. The total run ended up being 35:30. I went to one of the parks that it really flat but not very big. This park is fine when the plan only calls for a short run, but any time I need to run close to an hour, it's a real pain because of all the doubling back it entails.
Tonight was the track workout. I considered doing mile repeats with everyone, but decided against it. Just kidding. I knew going in that I was only going to do striders. It was really warm and a bit breezy. I find it interesting and confusing that anytime I have an easy workout, it just feels so hard. Again, it must be a mental thing-going into it I think that it should be cake, but it still involves some hard running, so it isn't that easy.
I'm looking forward to my day off tomorrow. It is part of what will make me feel more ready to race on Sunday. The bruise on my calf is now greenish and not as tender. My friends can not believe that I paid to have that done to my legs.
Posted by Blondie at May 4, 2006 07:56 PM
Comments
I'm not going to be at a computer much in the next several days, so I'll wish you luck now.
Good luck!!!!
Posted by: Alison at May 4, 2006 10:43 PM
I will be at the computer over the next several days but I'll still wish you good luck early anyway! :) Have fun!
Posted by: Beth at May 5, 2006 05:44 AM
Enjoy the day off tomorrow and good luck on Sunday!
Posted by: bridget at May 6, 2006 01:37 AM