The marathon is next Sunday, y'all. Next Sunday.
I'm feeling good. I'm ready. The weather is supposed to be amazing.
There's only one thing standing in my way: The Taper.
Ugh. I hate it so much.
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times before: I run not only for the health/weight aspects. Running releases endorphins which help regulate my moods, calms my anxieties, mellows me totally out. And if I don't have that endorphin rush...then it gets ugly.
I remember during the taper before last year's marathon, I was sitting in the recliner one evening. The house was clean. The Christmas tree was up and beautiful. We had all just eaten a good meal. There was no current kid drama going on. Work was good, home was good, life was good.
I was about two seconds from bursting into tears. FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER.
Sigh.
I am hoping to mitigate this year's taper by not exactly doing it the "right" way. I took an extra day off last week. I ran just eight miles this morning. I'm going to run six tomorrow and six on Monday. Then I'm basically done. Technically, you're supposed to go down x% of your weekly mileage two weeks before, then you're basically done a week before the marathon.
No way I could have done that. I would lose my mind.
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I have so many thoughts about the cancelation of the NYC Marathon. So many thoughts.
I'm going to be honest: If I were planning to run the race, I'd be seriously upset that it was canceled. I'd be pissed that it was canceled so close to the date of the event.
I understand that there are people in dire straits up there. I'm a veteran of Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Humberto, and Hurricane Ike. Been there, done that more times than I care to.
But running, to me, has always been a healing process.
Sad? RUN.
Bad day at work? RUN.
Bad day with kids, husband? RUN.
Upset at friend? RUN.
Completely depressed and overwhelmed over everything? RUN.
Running is what I do when I can't do anything else.
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