I cannot believe that I have almost made it to the end of my marathon training! Tomorrow is my last long run before I begin my taper for my first marathon which is Monday, October 29th!
I am running 20 miles tomorrow, nice and steady. Not too fast and not too slow! I just need to get in those last few miles before giving my body a MUCH needed recovery so that I can come back strong on race day. I have said this before but my goals for the race are simply to finish STRONG! I want to sprint through that finish line with a smile on my face and a knee that is not in too much pain. I have to be able to run again shortly after the marathon as I have another race coming up in March and I must get back to strength training and my HIIT that I was doing prior to marathon training. I was by far the leanest and most fit during this time NOT during my marathon training. Hard to believe I know but my body just responded to strength training far more than long distance running.
I have a massive marathon training blog that I have to write, once promised weeks ago! I will be posting photos from 5 or 6 of my long runs and I look forward to sharing some pre-race blogs that are very dear to my heart.
I hope to report back tomorrow that I had a successful 20 miler! Maybe not as fast as last weeks but a success in terms of covering the distance without injury. Right now, this is MOST important. I have to make it to the race healthy!! Too many of my marathons have been canceled due to injury…….not this time!!!
Here I go….my last 20 miler….wish me luck!