Sharing the beauty of running Lake Tahoe & Truckee, California
It’s 8am on Sunday and I’m going back to bed. This is not the taper I had planned for Bryce 100.
On Thursday (8 days pre-race,) I had a great run up “The Animal.” I ran hard, but not all-out, and it was still 10% faster than my previous best effort. Unfortunately, this climb really aggravated my on-going achilles/ankle/foot issues. I’d take a few days off.
“Close the computer at 6am,” I told myself, “get that mobility workout done before the kids need to wake up.” Instead, it was 6:33am before I finally sent the last email and quickly changed into workout shorts.
The mobility workout is part of a 90-day distance trail runner’s injury prevention workshop at our community gym (Performance Training Center). The workout calls for running through the sequence twice.
[Note: often I write a personal race recap for my coach. It is not meant for public consumption. And yet, I somehow feel compelled to share this raw bit with you, Dear Reader.]
These are notes just for you.
Yesterday I had to work hard to stamp out the negative thoughts. Those chest muscles really hurt so that I wasn’t able to enjoy time with the family. Then I made the mistake of looking at the Mt. Tam race from November and realized that I am 5 pounds heavier than November. And I worked really hard that day. And it seemed like it was going to be alot hotter today.
