May 12th: Rest day!
May 13th: The taper workouts always hit different. There’s this want for them to feel perfect but everything is starting to build against that including your brain. The workout was 2@MP, 2x1@HMP and 4x400@5k. I didn’t do this at my normal park as it was toasty outside and I was hungry so I did it on the Main Street of my town. It’s hilly and my legs were sort of beat. I mostly hit the paces but it felt hard(er) than I would have liked. The splits were: 7:44, 7:42, 7:14, 7:23, 7:07, 7:17, 6:59, and 7:08.
May 14th: Just keeping the legs going while keeping myself somewhat chill. Little less than six outside which went fine.
May 15th: Rest!
May 16th: I just didn’t really feel like an outside run and just sort of wanted to zone out and watch tv so that’s what I did. I also thought about doing my workout today but it was warmer than I wanted and post work so melts with the schedule.
May 17th: This was quite a humid day and I was worried about the tempo (4@MP) because I didn’t want to miss it and have that hang over me going into race week. But I also didn’t want to not try so I laced up and went to my road. I did this out and back to keep the ups and downs somewhat equal. I managed to hit the splits 7:57, 8:02, 7:55, 7:59. The effort was higher with the humidity and the rolling hills but it didn’t deflate me so that’s a win.
May 18th: Last long run which was 9 miles. The stomach was a tad upset which may have been all the cheese or the growing stress that seems to come with race day but I kept it chill and got it done.
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