Day 101, 264 To Go

April 11, 2013

The week is flying by (wishful thinking, really...its dragging) and it is almost time for the race on Saturday!  I am excited except for the fact that I have to wake up at the buttcrack of dawn to get there on time.  The race is at a park in Orlando that is about a 1:30 drive from home.  The packet pickup starts at 6:00am and the pre-race briefing is at 7:15.  So basically, I need to leave at 4:30am and get up around 4:00am.

I'm tired just thinking about it.  And of course, the worst part, is that once the race is over and I get home and I have been up for half of my day already and I'm tired from racing, I will get no rest.  Most likely the first thing that will happen when I walk in the door is I'll get babies thrown at me like grenades, but instead of BOOM they go WAHHHHHH!!!!

<Sigh>  Being a parent has it rewards though, like, um, perhaps in 20 years, one of them will become famous and can buy me a new house!  There's other rewards too.  If you're a parent, you know what they are.  I don't have to tell you!

Onto the running...Today, I took it easy again, but I could feel that I was getting loose and the stiffness I felt all week was going away.  Just in time too.

Here are my numbers:

Time: 20:00

Distance: 2.08 miles

Pace: 9:38/m

Max Pace: 8:16/m

Calories: 266

Avg HR: 124

Max HR: 136

Although my time is on the slower side, I was holding back.  I figure I should be tapering for a race anyway, so instead of lowering volume (like you are supposed to) I am lowering my intensity.  Not optimal at all.  In fact, there are many who say that lowering volume and increasing intensity is the way to go.  Since I can't really lower my volume, I have to lower the intensity instead.

Tomorrow, I am going to run early to get it out of the way and to not waste too much energy.  Tonight I will carbo load.  Really, for a sprint, I don't need to, but I like to keep the same routine for any race, so pasta and bread it is!  A lot of it too!

Run for Life!!