Finally, the Run

Heading out for ten miles this morning. This run should have happened Wednesday, but I rode instead, and then it should have happened yesterday, but the day had other plans for me, so today it’s on.

It’s perfect out here, too - well, for me anyway. Overcast and just on the edge of raining. I could do without the humidity, but it’s not a big deal anymore. Hopefully SEBA #3 will work out - VM is racing this weekend, so we’ll see if he has another 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike and a 5-10K run in him after all that (yep, totally playing on his athletic ego here…help me out, eh?)

Should it work out, SEBA #3 will be the last of the SEBAs for me. The one the week of Steelhead would likely violate taper big time, and I couldn’t go even if I wanted to because I’ll be teaching the second session of summer school in the mornings. So, that said, I’m really looking forward to getting on this course one more time. It’s going to be the final proving grounds for me before getting into the ring for real.

And OK...I have to just say that this is the weirdest feeling! I don’t feel like it's impossible to hold still, on the contrary, I feel like I have more patience and focus than I ever have, but I can't hold still anyway. I feel pulled to tasks and I don’t know if this is the taper talking, or what. It must be, so, Chris, I think that you were right.

Fortunately, it looks like everything will be fine for now regarding all this stalled adrenaline, as I still have the 10-mile run to do, the house to clean, the carpets to wash, the floor to wash, the dog to wash, I suppose I should wash myself somewhere in there, the laundry, the sheets to change, the checkbook to balance, the grocery shopping, the high school summer books to pick up, and the grad essays to grade.

But about what to do tomorrow, well there might be a problem.