Today was the official start of the pre-race tapering period. I went downtown to Lady Bird Lake and ran 12 miles in pretty good weather conditions. A lot of runners look forward to this phase of the training for the simple reason that the weekly mileage decreases but others become anxious. nervous, etc. fearing that the reduced training will result in a loss of conditioning. My concern isn't so much about the loss of conditioning but whether I have enough conditioning to begin with!
The longest run left on my training schedule is a pedestrian six miler next Sunday. In between are just three and four mile runs.
The accuweather.com website shows forecasts 15 days in advance. That means that I can now start looking at the race day forecast for Boston and fretting over it. Will it be hot? Cold? Rainy? Only time will tell.
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