For whatever reason, I really only taper for marathons. Something about halves not being long enough to need to truly taper and long adventure races being so damn long that a taper won't make a difference.
So here I sit, in the middle of a week-long taper leading up to the Philly marathon this weekend.
I think I am losing my brain.
My person feels like I've had 88 Mountain Dews and a Big Gulp of coffee. I want to run around for hours. Instead, last night I had a hockey game and today I did about 3 miles on the treadmill. I did the first and last one at an easy pace but jacked up the speed for the middle mile -- not a brilliant plan race-week wise but I would like to fall asleep tonight before 2 a.m. so I wanted to get out a bit of energy.
Tomorrow will be a slow 3 or 4 miles with a few hills thrown in just for fun.
The sad part of this? I know I will wake up bright and early Sunday morning tired, not ready to run and will be a sore, sad mess by mile 20.
That is all.
2 comments:
I love (love) not "having" to get out and run, but my legs HATE it. They get all restless and jumpy. Just a few more days and you'll be able to punish your body for making your crazy about not running. :)
I like how you are going to "throw in some hills"..."for fun."
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