this<\/a> for myself before I needed it, when things were going actually super well.\u00a0 This taper has been SUPER FRUSTRATING.\u00a0 I’m at the point where I want to be excited for the race.\u00a0 I should be excited for the race.\u00a0 But I just can’t even think about it that way yet.\u00a0 All I can do is plead with the race week divinity to help me get through all this shit in time to deliver me to Saturday morning in one piece.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Apr17-2.jpg\")
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Dear protector of the bikes, please give me 112 smiley miles on Saturday…<\/em><\/p>\nLogical, coach me, is stepping in to provide freaking out athlete with some facts:<\/p>\n
\n- You have swam close to and past race distance 8 times this cycle, twice in open water.\u00a0 Maybe you wanted more practice this week for your confidence, but you didn’t need it for your fitness.\u00a0 You’re fine, fish.<\/li>\n
- We ramped long bikes early in the cycle.\u00a0 Yes, there has been an absence of riding bikes for 4-7 hours in a row lately.\u00a0 That doesn’t mean you’ve forgotten how to do it.\u00a0 You can’t do all the things all the time.\u00a0 That 112 miles on Long Day #2 felt pretty darn good, and you’ll be SO MUCH MORE RESTED after taper.\u00a0 Also, in the last 6 months, you’ve ridden: 112, 100, 87, 80, and 75 miles outside.\u00a0 You’ve done: 5, 4.75, 4.5, and 3.75 hours on the trainer as well.\u00a0 The legs do not forget.<\/li>\n
- 5 weeks ago (6 weeks out from the race), you ran a fairly effortless 20 miles.\u00a0 This was proceeded by a really nice 19, and a rough 18 (but you made it).\u00a0 More importantly, you ran 11 miles off a 5 hour bike ride and 1 hour off a 7 hour bike. You don’t have much top speed, but who cares?\u00a0 You can run forever.\u00a0 You didn’t build this by smashing your legs with a bunch of long runs, but with overall volume and your legs have responded well and were RELATIVELY pain free during training.<\/li>\n
- This cold couldn’t really be coming at a better time (unless it didn’t come at all).\u00a0 You’re not missing important training (yeah, this taper week was sparse, but if it had to happen THIS IS THE WEEK FOR IT), and it’s forcing you to rest like a mother effer.\u00a0 No crazy partying or stupid “let’s cram this training” has occurred.\u00a0 This is a benefit to feeling like crap.<\/li>\n
- The knee is not really broken.\u00a0 Both knees feel weirdly cranky and while anything in the knees is scary, it REALLY IS just muscle tightness and your rational brain knows it.\u00a0 The chiropractor even checked it out.\u00a0 Stretch, roll, ice, massage, boots, do all the good things and it will go away by race day.\u00a0 Have the faith, this one happens all the damn time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So, here we are.\u00a0 Sniffles, broken knees, feeling barely ready for a sprint triathlon, head a mess, but y’know what?\u00a0 Going out for a nice, relaxed, 4 mile run made me realize that everything is probably going to be alright and I just need to relax and go along with the ride.\u00a0 Hopefully by the middle of the week I’ll be all bouncy and excited like I expected to be.<\/p>\n
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Such little runs, so many THINGS to pack.<\/em><\/p>\nLast week:\u00a0 almost nada<\/p>\n
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