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8 mile taper run

Today was the last "long run" of taper - 8 miles. I decided that I would do two miles before the club run started and then do six with the club so that I didn't feel like I was way behind everyone else (or more behind than usual). I went out a little before 8:30 and headed south on the Monon from Broad Ripple. It was cool and humid, but not raining and not windy. Cloud cover was pretty thick. Had a good two mile warmup, averaging about 12:30. Got back to the deck in Broad Ripple and the guys had put out the cooler of water and cups so I grabbed a sip.

When the club left at 9:00 I took off running again and decided to see how long I could keep it up. I haven't done very well on longer runs with running the whole way and a lot of the marathon training has been walking (purposefully). Two guys from the club (one who is coming back from a back injury sustained in a race last year) were behind me. I decided I wanted to stay ahead of them. They caught me at one point, but never passed and I was kind of their "rabbit" until they turned around about 2.5 miles out. Then I was on my own with no motivation, but I kept running. I was pretty sure there would be water near the turn around and I thought it would be good to get a sip then and see how I was feeling.

But alas, no water at the turnaround. It was ok, I just kept going south knowing that the Indiana School for the Blind had a drinking fountain and that it was on. So I kept running. I stopped for water (tasted good and needed at this point) and then started running again - only 1.5 miles left. I slowed down a little bit, but decided to keep running. I didn't even really feel like I "needed" to walk and that was good. Made it back to the deck in Broad Ripple and had some more water...talked to the guys a bit...and headed home to hit the shower.

Overall I feel really good about this run and I am hoping that it is a sign that I will be able to do ok next weekend. I am still not putting time pressure on myself, the only goals are to finish and finish within the time limit. It would be nice not to be last though. ;)

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