A week out from Louisville and I've finished my easy taper weekend. A 40 mile ride and roughly 6 mile run one day and then a ~50 minute open water swim followed by a 30 mile ride. Not too bad. The legs are starting to feel ready. I am getting excited.
Mentally, I have been somewhat schizophrenic lately. By that I mean one minute I am feeling like I am going to rip the course up and the next, I am nervous about blowing up. Not sure about my pacing. If I want to shoot for a good spot in my AG, I need to go out on the run, see how I feel, and push the pace a little bit. That's quite scary. On the other hand, in training, I've done hard 50 mile rides, followed by 22 mile runs in well under 3 hours with averages of <7:30 per mile. Based on the fact that I didn't blow up on those runs, even after going a bit harder at the beginning, I think I'll be OK.
So based on that, I have decided that I am just going to put it out there. I'm not going to worry about what time I can put up; I only going to focus on what I can control. My nutrition plan, my pace, my effort, etc. So I am going to focus on that and race without fear. When I get to the end, I will know that I put it all out there.
1 comment:
You're gonna kill it Jon!! You are so ready; run your own race, no oozy stuff coming out your eye lid and it's all good. I'll look for you on the internet at the finish line.
Lorry
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