With 5 days to the marathon I’m well into my taper, and it’s a funny thing. It’s almost like I’m already into the rest & recovery part of the season. I’ve never tapered this long before (and for much of the time when I was racing, years ago, I never really tapered) and I’m out of routine and feeling lazy. I’m certainly not in race mode.
The legs are feeling strong, and when I do run, easy pace is fast. The taper is working and it’s likely I’ll be in my best form of the season on Monday (fingers crossed, touch wood and all other superstitions that apply). I’ve got a tempo run today that I’ll run at race pace and that’ll probably wake me up again and get my legs feeling “normal”.
We’ll be flying out to Dublin on Saturday. The weather might improve for race morning!
