Had my last long taper run this morning for next week's marathon. I've been pleased with my running over the last two months and believe I am ready. In fact, last week, I did a 15 mile run, felt relaxed and didn't push things at all, which led to a big surprise when I got done and found my average pace was about 20 seconds faster per mile than my regular pace on the long runs. Of course, later that day I started to feel sick and by Monday had a pretty good cold. Luckily, my work was closed all week so spent the first half of the week being lazy and in bed. I'm over it, but this week's run was a lot more of a struggle, never really felt comfortable and ended up cutting out two miles to do only 10. Just didn't feel I had my energy. Hopefully that passes in the coming week.
Anyways, eight days until marathon #2.
Anyways, eight days until marathon #2.