9/1-2/14. mon. no workout. tues. 5 miles. the end is nigh.

9/1/14. mon.  missed my workout.  monday is the day after a long run, start of the week, with a couple of shorter runs on subsequent days, so its the best work out day.  but at the last minute the gym closed, and since it was labor day even the y was closed.  i can't make it tues (taking A to his fist CAP mtg), can't make it wed (8 mile run after work), maybe thurs?

9/2/14. tues.  5 mile run.  a long way for a tuesday.  i knew i had to home from work early, so the alarm went off at 0435.  out the door by 0446, knocked out 5 miles.  it was really dark, and there was a chilly breeze.  it stayed chilly the entire run.  it really feels like fall.  same issues with the right foot, and the right knee felt a little twitchy.  nothing too bad, just something to keep an eye on.

got my official race registration and bib number via email.  bib number 8086. its gonna go off.  its getting real.  i feel like i need more time.  it feels impossible to explain to someone that hasn't trained for this amount of time, to the the exclusion of so much else, for an event this important.  I know i can run 26.2 miles, i've been there before.  my long runs aren't going to get any longer.  i could drop everything today and go out and do it.  but i don't feel ready to make a run at the prize.  i don't feel like i'm at a point in my conditioning that i can perform as well as i want to.  if i had more time, and i could run more miles, and if i could run faster, and and and... and so on.  nothing i can do now but finish the plan.  it would be disastrous to try and vary from the plan, to try and add more miles, to try and do speedwork now.  its too late.  with the end of this week's long run, i will consider my conditioning as good as its going to get.  no amount of doing things differently, at this point, will help.  its time to think about the end game.  its time to buckle down, finish up, and do my best.  finish the hard week (43 miles), enjoy an easier week (32 miles), then 2 weeks of ramp down (taper).  after sunday, the next 3 weeks are a mental game until race day.

24 and a wake-up.