I’ve been reading many Chicago marathon race reports. Some brutally honest, others more introspective and some euphoric. All informative. Congratulations to all finishers, but especially to Eat, Drink Run (my CPTC teammate) and Training Hard, Hardly Training. Terrific efforts under tough conditions.
New York still seems far off, but as we all know, it’s inching closer. I’m fine with that. I still have a bit of work to do, but the hay is almost in the barn. As always, I’m receiving top-notch advice on tapering and dealing with race week. I’ll get to more of that as I enter those stages.
Since my last post, I’ve had solid (if not uneventful) workouts, including a well-executed 18-miler on Sunday and smart, cruise-controlled track session on Tuesday (4 x 1k, 3 x 300m) 4:11, 4:03, 4:06, 3:53; 57, 58, 58. Feeling slightly beat up heading into a fairly moderate 4mi tempo tonight. I’m planning on a longer, slower warm up to ensure all the parts are in working order. Other than those items, just trying to navigate the last week of the build-up. We are starting to see the first signs of NYCM descending on us … good stuff. Below is an ad feature another CPTC teammate (Sid Howard) and his wife. Sid is a running legend.
