So, last week's 21 miler was the last long run of the training program, and from here on out the name of the game is cutting back on the mileage, recovering from all of the little aches and pains I've accumulated, and just generally letting my body rest up. Honestly, I think I would feel better about the upcoming race if it were a few weeks farther off than it is. I mean, at this point barring injury I'm sure I'll be able to make it across the finish line -- it's the conditional I'll be in as I do that that I'm worried about!
I have to admit, though, that it's kind of nice to have the daily running time starting to shorten up a bit. First: with the semester winding down things are starting to get pretty busy for me, so having running taking a smaller bite out of my schedule is much appreciated. But perhaps a more gratifying second: it feels pretty awesome to run these 4 to 6 milers and realize you could easily do the same run again.
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Monday: After yesterday's grueling 21 mile effort, I invoked my executive privilege to take this day off.
Tuesday: 5 miles, outside, in absolutely perfect Spring weather.
Wednesday: 6 miles, same conditions as on Tuesday.
Thursday: 5 fast miles
As usual, another day off on Friday...
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Not much else to say, update wise... research is keeping me busy, and then end-of-semester stuff for that one class I'm taking is keeping me up late at night. Oh well. How about this though...
Ways In Which My Toaster Is Already Making My Life Better:
(1) Bagels for breakfast!!! (Really, I should just stop the list here, this being the only important item on it... Incidentally, does anybody know a good place to get bagels in Champaign-Urbana?)
(2) Re-heated slices of homemade pizza!! (I like them cold, too, but not having to microwave them to heat them back up = awesome)
(3) Um...it occupies space! (Anything that makes my apartment look less spartan gets at least a few points just for that, I think...)
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Saturday: 4 miles...back on the treadmill, though
Sunday: 4 miles at pace... once again this weekend's schedule got a little shifted around, so we're doing the long run tomorrow instead of today.
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