Ahh Yes...The Taper
I really dislike tapering, mainly because I'm not very good at it. I should probably clarify that last sentence, because really there are two ways to taper poorly. The first way is to keep the load too high, which completely destroys the purpose of the taper. The second way to suck at the taper is too run too little. That's my problem. Once the mileage drops and the end is in sight, for some reason the motivation goes out the window too. This week I've managed two 6 miles runs and one big fat zero day. I've written it off as part of my recovery from my 11.5 mile race this weekend, but I have a feeling things wouldn't be much different even if that race didn't happen. Anyway, at this point, it's probably better to do too little instead of too much, so I guess I got that going for me, which is nice. Both runs felt like complete crap too, which makes me think that the taper must be working.
Here is an article on the race from this past weekend. This guy completely made up quotes. I know I said the part about "mistakes happen," but everything else he pretty much made up. The last sentence is what bugs me the most.
"It's the first time I've won this race. Maybe I'll win a full one someday."
Ahh yes. A boy can dream.
posted by Greg @ 2:38 PM
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I guess you could interpret "Maybe I'll win a full one someday." in either of 2 ways; 1) a full distance half marathon, as opposed to a shortened one, like the one you just won or 2) a full Marathon, which you've already done earlier this year, but since he doesn't know that and you do, it supports your claim that he made this up..........
Either way, you're running faster miles in the Half Marathon race than I think I can run for a single mile, so I can only dream about these kinds of problem!
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