The Marathon Training Blog

Every time I go to the Philadelphia Marathon site I get a little freaked out by the clock that tells me how many days, hours, and minutes to go. Right now, it's 4 days, 17 hours 52 minutes...Tick tock. As the day approaches, I'm trying to rest. I'm not going out after work, haven't been drinking for a while now, I'm trying to turn in early every night, run  a bit slower than my race pace (did a slow 4 miles yesterday) and trying not to worry about the many things that could go wrong.  According to Runner's World's fabulous article on tapering, anxiety is typical but this week I should focus on taking refuge in knowing that I'm physically prepared because I did the necessary training. Easier said than done.

I'm also a bit anxious because as I'm a bit bogged down with carbs and feel heavy and bloated. I don't think I'm totally overdoing it. Though I did eat half a loaf of French bread on Sunday (yuck), but I think bread is just generally a bit bulkier than pasta. So it's pasta and not too much sugar or fat from here on out. Unfortunately, my order of Girl Scout cookies just arrived.  I think I'll just avoid the scale until sometime next week.

So, rest, water, carbs and salt and some positive thinking are the goals for the week. One more run tomorrow and then a final 2-mile jog on Saturday.

Weather.com is predicting a low of 35 and a high of 51 that day so that sounds good. Fingers crossed it doesn't rain and humidity is low. My cheering section is coming together so after a final gu and gatorade run so I'm stocked for the trip, and loading up my iPod with some more music, I should be good to go. Now, to relax....

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