I missed a week of training earlier this year due to a personal choice to watch movies. Here I am again watching movies, but wanting to run. Weird.
This has been a tough couple of days. The only exercise I've done since Sunday's long run is dragging my sorry sick self from my 3rd floor bedroom to the basement to watch tv and back to the first floor to make tea and eat leftover Thanksgiving mashed potatoes. I had not left the house for two days. I went to work today, probably a mistake, and partly out of boredom. I might lobby to leave early.
The 10-minute walk to the subway this morning was about the most I could handle. I will not be running tonight because I'm still coughing, although intermittently. I may not run tomorrow to give myself another day to recover. Hopefully by Saturday or Sunday, I'll be ready to do the final week of taper activities.
Yes, I am starting to get antsy about what this means come race day. I know a few days off isn't going to completely unravel all the training to date, because what counts is what I've done throughout the whole program. The totality. And I've pretty much done my best. I know I can get to the finish line if all is in order.
But what happens if I can't shake this cold?
4 comments:
JP
You WILL shake that cold
You WILL be fine
You WILL finish
Your training is there your base is there, even the best runners say it is more beneficial to taper to much then not enough. Relax feel better and just get some miles in. Try not to get caught looking ahead like me right now. You will be fine I have all the confidence in the world in you. :)
As one of my colleagues (and marathoner) said to me today, you can't get any better as of now.. so get better and you will rock the course.
Everyone has doubts during the taper. Just recall what you've been able to accomplish to date with your training. Take care of yourself and you body will recover in time for next weekend. Just don't be doing any more polar bear swims though :)
Awwww... sniffle sniffle. Currently hopped up on neocitran. I WILL not let this whateversickness kick my ass anymore. Bedtime!
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