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October 28, 2007

Taper? On.

Man, it all went by so fast! How did we get here? The past few weeks have been very, very nice, seeing my fitness come around and having running - even 14 miles on a Wednesday morning - become so so easy and natural feeling again. But the weeks before that - dragging through a 5-mile tempo at 7:24 pace and feeling like death at the end, miles and miles of muggy, hot weather, squishy shoes and dragging ass behind everyone - were so rough when I was going through them. But I just kept showing up and running. We'll see what it gets me. Part of me feels like I could take my fitness to another level - one I haven't been to before - if I had a little more time, but the smarter part of me knows that getting to the end of a marathon training schedule and feeling ready to go is not something to wish away or take for granted. I'm so so lucky to be here. And I just have to keep it up for three more weeks.

The 20-miler yesterday was one of the best I've ever had. The weather was perfect. The company was good. The route was new and pretty. And we ran well. We started at 9:30 pace for mile 1 and 8:30 pace for mile 2, and then worked our way down to 7:45 pace by mile 10. Then we hovered at 7:30s for the next 7 miles, and then finished up (going downhill) with 6:59, 6:58, and 6:34. And I definitely had some left in the tank for more.

Rraaarrr.

Posted by jenandmats at October 28, 2007 8:04 PM

Comments

Oh man - you are SOOO ready to go! And I think this feeling of maybe being a little "under-cooked" is exactly the feeling you should have! I'm very excited for you!!

Posted by: Beth at October 31, 2007 7:27 PM

Bring on the taper. So good to hear that your last long run went fabulously. Rest up and enjoy your new home digs!

Posted by: Meghan at November 1, 2007 9:24 AM