Summary for week ending Sunday, May 22, 2016:
Number of workouts: 6
Total miles run: 38.87
Average miles per run: 6.48
Miles in May: 137.25
Miles in 2016: 940.13
During taper weeks, I always start to feel anxious -- like I'm not running enough and I'm undoing all the work I have done to date. It feels odd to be done after less than an hour of running, or not have to go back out after work for a double, and I have to remind myself that it's what my schedule says to do, it is what I'm supposed to be doing, and to just relax and enjoy not having to do 10-12 miles a day.
I did most of my running in the morning, doing a few laps around the reservoir each time. I discovered that my Garmin measures differently depending on which direction I run around: if I go clockwise for three laps, my total distance is 5.45 miles. If I go counter-clockwise for three laps, my total distance is 5.38 miles. I wonder what accounts for the nearly tenth of a mile difference?
More life getting in the way this week, so I moved around the week's T workout to Sunday rather than Wednesday or Thursday. It worked out fine. 2 mi E + 2(10 min T) + 30-45 min. The T intervals were OK, not as fluid as I'd have liked but still manageable at 7:10 pace.
With a week to race day, the hay is pretty much in the barn. Just need to spend the next week taking it easy and going out for shortish, easy runs to keep the legs in motion. As anxious as I feel that I'm not doing enough, I'm just going to have to cool it and remember that my legs don't need a lot of work this week.
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