Day Dreaming

When I’m training I tend to forward to the breaks. I day dream about when the current session will be over, or if in the middle of a really hard week I dream about my day off when I can rest my body. When those weeks start to add up and a single day isn’t enough I dream about my taper and recover weeks when the intensity level really goes down.

Today is a combination of all of the above: a recovery day in a taper week. Now that I’m here, where I’ve been dreaming about for weeks, I feel antsy, like I should be doing something. I actually miss thinking about my daily training session(s), going through them mentally, psyching myself up for the more difficult days. With nothing to look forward to today, I find myself looking forward to the reason for my rest: a Memorial Day race. This year though is a bit different than last. I’ve run this distance before, and train at longer distances on a regular basis. I know I can complete this race (though I’m really hopeful that it will be wetsuit legal!)

This race the question is how long will it take. I’m too young at this sport to have expectations, though it would be nice to finish within three hours. My goal for this race is to get there healthy, run my race, and not be stuck with thoughts of: I could have done better if only…

Anyway, today I guess I’ll sit around and daydream of the race. Maybe I’ll go clean and oil my bike!