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| My favorite running picture ever - courtesy of sarahseads (instagram). Check my rearview out in Ultrarunning Magazine online! |
The training is done. The taper is almost done. Less than 4 days out from the Miwok 100 2015 and I'm almost ready. I have a growing pile of stuff on the floor ready to pack. I've been taking my vitamins, getting extra sleep, drinking extra water. I've barely run this last week, because I felt that I needed a little more recovery after my last "long" run.
The one thing that I still need to prepare is my mind. There has been so much going on in our lives this spring that I really have felt unprepared mentally up to this point. In the past month I finished the bulk of my training, we listed and sold our house, I flew to Winnipeg for job interviews, I hosted 2 kids birthday parties, and participated in the annual Snow to Surf Race last Sunday. I finally accepted a job offer today that I am very excited about (that allows me to specialize in treating running injuries), which has relieved a HUGE amount of stress and weight from my shoulders. I realize now that my sense of "not being recovered" was chiefly the stress hanging over my head about our move. The power of the mind.
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| Handing off after running a 2k sprint on Sunday in the Snow to Surf Relay. From 2K to 100K in 6 days! |
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| Team ELM and Team ELM Too - a great group of active ladies in the Comox Valley! |
So now I can really focus on getting ready to race. Time to print out the
course map and profile, mark out the aid stations, plan the drop bags and race strategy. After a short run tomorrow the rest of my prep will be all mental which I know is 99% of what I know will get me to the finish line.
Next post: my race report!
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