Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Ready for Anything

This is the final week for the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon and ½ Marathon.

I always found this week to be somewhat strange, in that you’ve trained for everything imaginable on the course but nothing about how to handle this week.

This is the week when you run just to remind your legs of what they’re suppose to do.

You don’t want to run hard or run long.

You don’t want to run in the rain. You don’t want to run in the dark and risk a twisted ankle.

You stay away from any small children that might be the epicenter of anything contagious.

If you belong to a team involved in any type of competitive sport, you bow out of this week’s competition for fear of getting injured.

This is the week when you go through all of the mental preparation for your event.

You check the weather forecast on a daily basis, hoping that the predicted rain holds off.

You eat pasta for dinner for the entire week, thinking this will really help.

You drink water as if you were a camel and can store it.

You’ve memorized the course, you’ve even run the last 10k!

You have your split times written down and laminated, you even have a little fluff time in there.

You’re as ready as you’re going to be, then………

3 comments:

Al Durham said...

Then.... then it will not be 90 plus degrees like in Chicago. That is all that I am looking for. Good luck on Sunday. Are you running the half?

TNTcoach Ken said...

Yeah, I'll be there with map in hand. I may to take a few detours to get to the finish line.

Runner Leana said...

Bow out of competitive sports.... I should have thought of this before I curled on Sunday and injured my posterior. Oh well, at least it is feeling better now! Thanks for the well wishes for San Fran, and I hope you have a blast in Detroit!!!

 
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