taper time
So, it’s taper time for the next two and a half weeks.
When you’ve reached the pinnacle of marathon fitness (hahahahahahaha!) you rest your body, allowing all your bits to regenerate, Doctor Who style, and after three weeks of gentle runs (who knew I’d be calling 8 miles a gentle run?) you get to the start line full of beans and ready to go.
Unfortunately with tapering comes madness – ask any experienced runner and they’ll tell you all about the grumpiness (lack of the constant stream of endorphins), the self-doubt, the neurotic fear of germs, the paranoia that you haven’t trained enough.
I have them all. I’ve been foul today. Last night I went out for dinner with girlfriends and I was only half there. The other half of me was mulling over my last long run, and wondering how long I should run on Sunday.
I’ve decided to do something which will take my mind off the 25th of April.
The Milton Keynes Half Marathon takes place on 18th July, 12 weeks after That Thing We Won’t Mention.
I entered today.
I think I just became a runner.
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Blimey, tis getting very serious now! Thinking of you, hope you can keep the grumps at bay! x
oh wow – here is the comment box. Ok well now I found it – I am in awe. you are doing an amazing job and doing it all professional like
Enjoy the taper. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GO CRAZY. We all do. It's normal.
I am deranged. Even more than normal.
I'm trying to sort out my comment box problem with Disqus – think it's probably the coding of my CSS, but that's beyond me!
Thank you! I think a little bit of running now and then is the key to keeping the endorphin levels up and the grumpiness down.