10 weeks just flew by. And here I am, just a few more hours to Race Day, reviewing my race plan, the route and what not.
My training was less than desirable. Missed a couple of weeks due to falling ill, had a little mishap with the ankle just 3 weeks ago, had to travel in between.... These are of course the star contributors to the less-than-satisfactory training. The not so stellar reasons of late nights, hitting the snooze button too often and work-got-in-the-way did also make their small contributions.
The many, many blank spots, red crosses and the alarming lack of green ticks not withstanding, I feel race ready. (I can't explain it). I am not sure if this is a false sense of confidence in my running abilities or plain stupidity, but I am taking on this race in a come-on-2:15-we-got-this kinda spirit... :)
And why not? Every race day is different. I've tackled running events where I was fully prepared, trained vigorously and followed all the rules only to have horrible weather or niggling injuries completely ruin all pace plans and targets. I've also had races that turned out to be the strongest and best races despite not being appropriately prepped. So who knows what tomorrow might be like. I'm going to go out there, enjoy my run and give that elusive 2:15 my best shot!!
Hi Lekha, I didn't know this side of you....:-) . Very interesting and honest write-up!!! I liked your idea of splitting the race into 3 parts of 7k each....will attempt this in my next race. Will follow your blog.... keep writing!!!
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