Maria, my training buddy, and I have now run the full course 3 times, but today we were creeping along like a couple of snails. Everything seemed to hurt. And though we pushed each other along, as we always do, our 12 miler shifted to 10, and I was hurting at the end.
It was hard to figure what was making this particular run any different than the others. We ran the same distance and more the last two weeks and while it was certainly effort, it wasn't this hard. Why so hard today?
Some runner talk about these kinds of days as a sign of "over training," others point to hydration or nutrition problems. Those things undoubtedly factor in, but I think if you run for long enough in your life, sometimes you are randomly going to have bad days. I'm just hoping a decent taper in the next week will give us the oomph we need to do well on race day.
As for me, my taper starts Sunday. Tomorrow I'm heading to the Limbs in Motion 5k in Hamilton, NJ Veterans' Park. The cause is a good one: raising funds for amputees who cannot afford prosthetics. The venue is lovely, a park with pretty trails, large fields and a glistening reservoir. I've run several races here, and have good associations with the spot.
The big question: how much go have my legs got in them after an increase in milage this week, and will I have enough psychological mojo to push myself and see if I can get sub 30 on the course, or even set a PR (not feeling likely with these tired gams).
I'll post a race report on that one afterwards.
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