No run, no exercise today. I was on my feet more than I should have been, but it is hard to just sit and watch TV.
Just wanted to jot down a few of my thoughts the night before the race. I have laid out all my gear for the morning. I will get up at 3:30 and need to be at where the busses are no later than 4:30. Luckily I live close by. I took today off mainly so I could sleep in. I never sleep well the night before a race, and I read somewhere the sleep you get two nights before the race is even more important than the night before the race, so I slept in. I did manage about 10 hours of sleep, so that is good.
So what are my thoughts now? Mainly wondering how well I will do, what my overall time will be. Did I prepare enough (the answer is "yes", but I still wonder)? Are my legs rested enough? Not sure about that. I certainly have tapered but today my left glute was a little sore-ish. Not really sore, but felt more like I had done interval work today. Not sure what that is about. And when you taper you can't help but wonder if you have lost any conditioning. The scientific answer to that is no. You do not make significant gains the week of the race. But emotionally that goes through your mind. Even some elites have a hard time tapering. Ryan Hall is a good example of that and it is only recently that he reports he has begun to enjoy resting.
Am I ready? Ready as I will ever be. In the end it all comes down to this: Tomorrow will be whatever it is.
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