With a marathon to pace in 2 days, today was a good day to break from my 50 miler training programme. I managed to keep my date with the twice weekly speed sessions on Tuesday (ladder session at the track) and Thursday (Tempo 5k) and my day off on Friday. With the weekend long runs cut back to 2 hours each, I wasn't missing out on much. Still I got just over an hour and a half on the grass of UCC farm this morning with clubmate Dennis, who is also pacing on Monday. I spent the rest of the morning putting a second coat of paint on the spindles of the stairs a home, a job I started a few years ago (Tapering is very handy for finishing odd jobs, so much time!).
.
As I was dropping Keevsa to school, yes school on a Saturday - supervised study for the Leaving Cert (state exams) which starts on Wednesday - seems like only yesterday when I was doing mine........ the flashbacks are less frequent now. Anyway as I was dropping Keevsa to school I decided to continue on into town, with Ani in tow, to pick up my race number for Monday. I had to go to a special desk at City Hall as I didn't have the necessary paperwork for priority processing, what with I being a pacer and having the luxury of being registered by the Hunnymonster. I met Gina who promptly gave me level 1 clearance and went away to get my pacing gear (yellow singlet and black shorts - cool) while I picked up my number and goodie bag, which contained another technical t-shirt - unfortunately I found it was a size too big when I got home (They gave me an XL instead of an L).
.
Met up with the Beirut taxi and his family as we browsed the food stalls across the river on Lapps Quay, his state of arousal suitably in check. My carb loading started with a spicy beef kebab and continued throughout the afternoon with anything that took my fancy. All that's left now is to wait up and relax until Monday morning. Looks like it's going to be a good morning for running with temperatures lower that yesterday and today and little or no wind.
.
Best of luck to all those running the relay, half and full marathon, have a great day.
.
C'mon the 3:30's.
.
Taper Week 1 (Run 28.3 miles, Bike 60.9 miles, Swim NIL)
.
May (Run 349 miles, Bike NIL, Swim 1.3km)
.
Stay well clear of that taxi man. His state of arousal post has me seriously worried, as he might try and hang onto the 3:15 crowd!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the pacing, hope it's not too HOT out on the roads and lets hope Thomas can keep his troublesome knee in one piece!
ReplyDeleteAll the best for staying 15 minutes behind Thomas in this one. Yellow's a good colour - stands out well. That's the colour of our club shirts.
ReplyDelete