I've touched on this before, the secret underworld and unique language of runners. But I have recently learned the greatest word in the runner's dictionary: Tapering. This is were we begin to run fewer miles in order to conserve energy and allow our bodies to recover for the big day. I look forward to the two weeks of tapering.
Yesterday we ran a cool 8 miles, my lungs felt good, it was fairly mild out, and my last Team Challenge practice. It was definitely bittersweet, I don't know what I am going to do after Vegas... I need, and like, the commitment to my team to be there every Sunday morning, bright and early.
My iPod malfunctioned again, surprise, it claims I only ran 7.02 miles but I know it was 8 total. It also claims I was out there for 1 hour 20 minutes. I'd like to think I run that fast.... but I feel like that's incorrect. My average pace hasn't been 10 minutes since I was stuck at 3 miles. Usually the time function isn't wrong on the Nike+, so I don't know what to think. When I first got the Nike+ it was amazing, but it tends to fail a lot. Once my funds improve... i.e. after paying off Vegas... I may be purchasing a GPS watch thingy-ma-bobber. The weirdest part of the Nike+ is that in the earbuds it told me "congratulations you have reached your goal of 8 miles" then I press "end workout" and the screen says 7.02 miles. ARGH!
But the good part of the run was that I felt good! This is exciting and scary at the same time... why is 10+ miles such torture and 8 miles a breeze? Makes me nervous for race day. I do NOT want to crawl to the finish line. I'll crawl to the medal tent, the bagel tent, and the buffet, but I will not crawl across the finish line!! :)
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