I managed to keep my dreaded-week-of-the-20-miler freakout in check today because it was a rest day. Tomorrow begins the hardest week I have faced in my training and what can potentially make or break me for marathon day.
I was going to do my 10-miler tomorrow night but I looked at the weather and Wednesday will be the far better day for a long run, it's supposed to be sunny and a high of 60. I plan to leave work a little early and get going around 4:30 like last week. It was just getting dark when I finished but I'm adding a mile on this week and the sun sets 7 minutes earlier. It will be dark by the time I finish but that's okay, this is my last crazy-long mid-week run. Next week it cuts back to 6 miles.
So I'll do one of my 5-milers tomorrow. I can handle that. I'm really trying to take this week one day at at time because if I let myself give into the fear and anxiety of failing my 20-miler then I'm done for. I'm doing the same route as the 18-miler for the 20, just with a few extra loops thrown in. With that decision made I can hopefully put it out of my mind until Sunday. Well, until Saturday night when I get my running stuff together.
I'm trying to eat well, stay hydrated, and get enough sleep. Those things will go far in how I feel on Sunday.
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