Hey all,
Thanks again for tuning in. Today fills me with equal parts joy, nerves, confidence, and a sense of accomplishment. I’m a firm believer that; at least at the level to which I perform at this point, race day is more of a victory lap than anything.
Race day celebrates the completion of weeks (if not months) of hard work, hard training, and hard discipline. The knowledge that I have what it takes to do what I want to do IS the prize for me at this point.
Now, naturally I have a time in mind that I’d like to beat while facing the specific elements, pressures, and weather of this specific day – but really, this day is about the completion of the program. When the race is over and I go home to reflect on my accomplishments, I know definitively that there are more kilometers of hard trail waiting for me, and a couple months in which to do them.
But, it’s still a big day. And I aim to give ’em Hell tomorrow.
This training recap will encapsulate the whole plan. Training this race has been special, and although when I stepped into this training program it felt pretty light by comparison to the triathlon course for the first 2/3rds or so, but ramped up toward the end. This week has been light, of course, as the training plan had dictated, but I did get enough time in to ensure these new shoes (replacing the ones I recently found the edges of) are going to do the job. I had just accomplished, but it certainly took me where I needed to be.
I believe that I’ll be able to make a more appropriate program transition following this one – and wouldn’t you know it, I’m already starting in on it. There’s a hell of an event coming next year, so I’ll be gradually ramping up for that through the fall and winter, with a few little goal-oriented nuggets along the way.
The Conscious Pilgrim 