I am officially one full week into the tapering part of training. Tapering is both a struggle and a relief for me this time around. Seeing my mileage decrease feels strange after steadily increasing it over the past months. I feel like I should be doing more…wish I had done this or that more (hills in this case). I don’t think this is an unusual feeling for a runner. I anticipate increasing restlessness and excess energy over the next 2 weeks leading up to the race.
On the other hand, this has been a very stressful year so far. Although running was not part of the stress, training for a marathon takes time and energy. It’s kind of nice to have an easing up of that energy and time requirement to rest before the actual race. Of course, since running makes me feel better about life, I will probably be cursing the decrease in activity before race day J
This weekend I was particularly lazy. It was a very long and tiring week, and with no one to run with but Bennett to hold us accountable, our intention to run turned into complete laziness. This morning we meant to be good and run, however, yet again a lazy morning seemed so much more appealing. By the time I was ready to contemplate a run, it was very hot out. So I ended up doing 10.5 miles on the treadmill instead of the 12 miles on the schedule.
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