3/29 Through 4/4 Week Fifteen

Day 99 - Monday - Day off. This is the second week of tapering. Looking forward to this week.

Day 100 - 5am - Track workout at Petaluma High School. It's lightly raining and I'm out for eight miles with some speed work. My leg feels great and the speed work comes easily. I really enjoy speed work. It makes the training go by quickly and afterwards you can feel the workout. One of the differences between the two high school tracks besides one is dirt and the other an all weather surface is there are always people running at Petaluma High. It's nice to have a little company.

Day 101 - Wednesday - I do a little P90X Ab Ripper. Christ I started getting nauseous. That's what I get for not keeping up.

Day 102 - 5am - Track workout at Petaluma High School. It has been raining and the dirt track at Casa was too wet. Another eight miles today. The speed work goes great and the run is nice and easy. I'm starting to get anxious about the upcoming race. I also feel a little tight from the ab ripper I did yesterday.

Day 103 - Friday - A day off. I'm heading up to Sacramento to help my daughter Amy move into her first house. Maybe this isn't exactly a day off.

Day 104 - 7am - Off for an hour and a half run. I'm going to run the short route over the hill. I'm going to run this in reverse from what has been the normal route. Face the cows by myself. The run goes great and I get through 9 miles in the time required. My "buddies" were waiting for me at the top of the first climb but as I approach them they scattered off into the field. I think I have finally broke through the big challenge. After the run I head back up to Sacramento to continue helping Amy get moved in.

Day 105 - Easter Sunday - I'm suppose to run for an hour but the kids and I stayed over at Amy's and I didn't make the run. I'll make up a little of it next week but not really concerned. I'm heading into race week and I feel ready.

Week Fifteen Totals - 25 miles! A little short from what I should have completed but not a bad week. It is finally race week. I just received an email from the race director going over the schedule for the week. Nervous and anxious at the same time. This reminds me of how I felt going into race week of my first marathon. Coming up, the final week.