Tapering

Tapering is always interesting. If you have trained right, tapering leaves you antsy. You second-guess everything. You feel like you should be running more. Your metabolism is screaming. You go out on a run and feel like you should be running faster. Nothing feels right. You can run 999 marathons and the taper still doesn't feel normal on the 1,000th one. You've been putting massive miles, fast laps on the track, and pounding mile after mile on the pavement on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Then all of a sudden, you dial everything back. Your mind doesn't know how to react.

That's where I'm at now. I know the taper is what I need to recover, build up, and be ready for the marathon in a week and a half. But it feels weird. It feels too easy. I did around 6 miles last night and about halfway through I ended up hammering the end of the run. It just felt easy...too easy. I have to keep myself under control and keep dialed back. Its never a bad sign when a fast run feels easy, but I need to not push myself. I need to allow my body to recover and be in top form.

11 days...