It's that time of year again... taper time! I have 14 days until my final race of the spring and my legs are beginning to feel the strain of it all. Normally, I wouldn't feel too tired yet, but my mistakes I made after cross season are still weighing heavily on my legs. I think for the first time ever, I will take a full two weeks off after my last race.
Now, to the race. I am running the Sounds to Narrows (S2N) 12k on June 9th. My original plan was to go for the win that weekend. In 2011, I placed a narrow 5th (losing a place on the last, evil uphill) and that was off two weeks of light running following my break after track. I had thought that this year, by not taking my break until after, I would be able to be in great shape and win it all. Unfortunately, Bloomsday took a lot more than a physical toll on me. Mentally, I have not been in a state able to prep for a big race. Recently, I have been trying to get myself back into the swing of things and I am beginning to feel a bit better about it. My new goal is to place in the top 3. Depending on how I feel during the race, I may still attempt to capture the win, but I will leave the race happy and smiley if I get top 3. I felt good yesterday on my (short) tempo run, so we shall see how it all goes.
In other news, one of our recruits for next year just won the 4A State title in the 800m AND set a new state meet record. Also, our other big acquisition seems to be getting healthy and back into training, so we are very excited for the future. Look out for us in indoor, after we all finish redshirting cross. We might be turning a few heads this next year ;)
As always, run happy!
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