Saturday, April 26

Pre race considerations

It’s the night before my first race in what feels like months and I’m absolutely knackered. I’m happy mind you, I managed to play around in the yard today (planted a rhododendron and some else), snuck in a light jog and even managed to visit with friends. Still, what I wouldn’t kill for an extra few hours. The race start is going to roll around far too quick which means my alarm clock… it’s going to be dreadful.

I still haven’t decided how I’m going to tackle the race. I know I’m not in half the shape I’d like to be and as such I was contemplating toeing the line in board shorts and a cotton t-shirt, that was until I picked up my race number. It’s seems someone out there (Bob/Sylvan) has shown some heart and decided to put we with the elites, #40. I don’t dare disrespect the race which means tomorrow is going to hurt.

Training:
Friday: easy 39:27 with 4xstrides
Saturday: easy 30:36 with 4xstrides

5 comments:

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Unknown said...

you will be fine. dads run fast.

have fun out there.

brad

Love2Run said...

Yeah, go Daddy! No excuses about being tripped up by a baby jogger either! Have a good race ;-)

Unknown said...

great work Mike! an impressive post baby race!

Michael said...

Thanks Brad, it was a solid tempo run and a step closer to qualifying for Boston... you in next year?