With only 9 days until the 1/2 I'm supposed to be taking it easy and tapering off my workouts/runs. Say what?? You must not know me very well. I am an over-achiever and my own worst critic so this "taking it easy" thing seems counterproductive. BUT. . .I am smart enough to know that experts are experts for a reason.
All of my research and training guides (and vet runners) say that you need to back off a few weeks before the big race. So, I haven't been shooting for any particular distance this week. Instead I've just been making sure my legs stay awake. Yesterday I ran a quick mile while waiting for my kids to get home. Nothing serious, just worked on my pacing during that mile. I would have gone longer but they arrived just as I finished mile 1.
Today I jogged for about five minutes as a warm up for weight training. My workout buddy and I did a 21s routine from Hers Muscle & Fitness--awesomely painful!!! I'll take a day off tomorrow and do more weights on Friday.
Saturday I'm planning on participating in the Franklin 4 The Cure 5k with my son. It's the only race I could find that gives all the kids medals. Since the boys will be with me this will be more of an easy stroll as opposed to training. I read an article in October's Runners World that has some race weeks workouts. I'll probably follow that for next week--and no weight training. Maybe I'll get a massage. . .
By the way, I did go ahead and start a running group: Fit Girl Posse. I'm excited b/c one of the downfalls of training alone is that it's kind of lonely during the race b/c you have no one to share the joy of victory or push you when you reach a mental block. But then again, that's the cool thing about running/walking: it's all you out there pushing and pumping and digging and moving ever onward. I hope they learn to love the joy and the pain as much as I have. (insert sinister laugh and fade to black)
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