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OFF!
May 30, 2013 (Morning)
Exercise Type: Other
Comments:
I set my alarm for 0500 to run, but I couldn't pull the trigger. TIRED and STIFF! What's the point? Why try to force recovery?
I feel guilty and worried about not getting enough miles. And yes, light running would help with loosening up, but ultimately I come back to this, the beginning of Ellie's 2012 WS report:
"Sometimes running your best is about not running at all, or at least knowing when not to run yet having the faith in the running you have already done in the months leading up to a big race. This could not have been more true for me before this weekend’s Western States 100 miler. I had raced a hard 89km downhill effort on roads just 20 days prior (Comrades), yet for any ultra runner a 20-day taper into a race seems unfathomably long. I am used to running most days and had already tapered for 6 days leading into Comrades, which would mean that other than Comrades it would be near a 4-week taper for Western States. This could, and at times did, have led me into a mental panic – 4 weeks is not a taper – it’s just not training at all, it’s being downright lazy! But I knew that if I wanted to be competitive for Western States, which I certainly did, then it would be all about recovery and rest. So I exercised all the patience I had in between Comrades and Western States and other than one (stupid) 4hr run, I didn’t run a step. I did plenty of powerhiking on steep climbs to get my exercise fix and keep me from feeling stale, but, otherwise, it was all about patience, waiting out for the Big Dance, waiting out to line up against a stellar ladies field, and waiting out to try run the best effort I could from Squaw to Auburn on June 23rd."
So, no running this morning. And, due to travel, I won't be running at all today.