I have always had a hard time keeping myself under control the day before a race. Adrenaline is already pumping through me every time I think about it - and it consumes about 99% of my thoughts at the moment. It's funny, the night before my first high school race I just layed awake in utter fear of the next day. I'm not sure exactly what I was afraid of, but I didn't fall asleep until about 4 am.
So I've gotten a little better since then, but even the day of regionals my senior year in high school, I woke up with a sore jaw that I could barely open because I had been clenching it all night long. But considering I ran my pr 5k that day, a little nerves are probably okay.
In any case, I'm totally stoked for tomorrow's race. I did an easy 7 this morning (50:56 for 7:16.6 pace), and my legs feel terrific. They're still slightly fatigued from training, but I have a feeling it won't factor into the race tomorrow. I found a relatively dry stretch of trail and opened the throttle to around 3000m pace for 20 seconds or so, just to wake up the legs from their 7:30 pace slumber, and they feel peppy and ready to go. | 