1. I can’t stop thinking about this past weekend’s Runner’s World Half. In addition to my race recap and day before recap, I wrote about it on the #RunChat blog.
There’s more to come, but not from me. My wife will be guest posting soon.
2. With a little more than 2 weeks to go until the Richmond Marathon, I don’t have any of those nagging mental questions.
No fretting or worrying about my training. There’s no need to second-guess anything I’ve done.
Come race day, I know that I’ve done all I can do and I feel like that will carry me to a time of 3:45 or better. I think the biggest variable is the weather, and there’s nothing I can do about that.
3. I see a lot of people talking about 2013 and signing up for races left and right. In a big change for me, I’m not thinking too far ahead.
At noon on Nov. 10 I want a Coke and cookies to celebrate. Then I’m going to drink some Magic Hat. And then I’m taking some time off from running.
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I like your post-race plan of action! (btw, if you see a ginger wearing a Red Sox cap and Vibrams — that’s my husband! He’s shooting for a sub-four hour finish.)
I hope it’s Vanilla Coke and Oreos!
Probably a regular Coke and chocolate chip cookies. Maybe Oreos will cap off the night.
Yeah, you’re not thinking about 2013 yet, but day after Richmond you probably will. And even if you don’t, you’ll spontaneously decide on something!
Happy taper!
While I’ll focus on Shamrock in March, the last 6 weeks of the year are about getting myself refreshed. Lower miles, more cross training. Hit 2013 in a good place. I’d say I’m about 99% sure I’m done with 26.2 for a while.