Thursday was kinda all messed up (when I finish this, it will be obvious why I refer to it in past tense). Two work-related meetings, on my off day. I mean they were OK, one was useful, one was actually fun, but still they took about three hours out of my day. Plus I got like zero sleep Wednesday night. Finally got some shuteye around dawn and slept for about three hours, but man, I was dragging. Tried to take another nap in late afternoon and failed.
Anyway, so the second meeting (more like a party) was at Fuji at 7. Ate way too much. Fortunately laid off the alcohol, which is more than I can say for some of my colleagues :) But I was still stuffed when I left at 9:15, and I hadn't run a lick all day. Dark force was very strong -- bag it and get some sleep. But I felt I needed to run. Waited an hour to let the salmon hibachi settle, then headed to the track. Stomach was OK. Legs weren't. Dark force again very strong -- walk, stop, go home, curl up for a nap alongside the track, anything but run. But I kept going, and actually managed a "progression" for the last two miles, which probably took me down to 9:15ish. Not sure I didn't snooze during the run, which took 75 minutes and change. Finished at 11:35 p.m. Came home, soaked, and went straight to bed, so the update is being written at noon Friday.
Big earthquake in Japan yesterday. Kinda scary. I know the New Madrid is gonna let loose one of these years; it's been quiet for 100+ years. And when it does, watch out. We won't have a tsunami like Japan and Hawaii are having, but a whole lot of buildings aren't built to earthquake code in the Mid-South and the walls will come tumbling down. And the people inside them...
So we're down to 38 days. Really, really close now. Really only 2.5 weeks of intense training left. Then taper madness. I'm nuts anyway, so a taper just puts me farther over the edge. I've been reading up on Aussie carb-loading (think I'll try it for the half next weekend) and worrying about my paces (they're OK) and whether I'll be able to hit all the key workouts in the next three weeks (we shall see). Ordered some Ultrafuel for the carb-loading, but Gatorade Pro may work just as well (have some of that too). Also expecting a new pair of Nikes to arrive either today or tomorrow. Will those be my Boston shoes? We shall see. If I don't like them, I'll send them back and order some Adidas, I guess. Or I may still use the Brooks GS for the race shoe. | 