Nearly There...

[co]... little smurfs!

Okay into taper before the big day! Do I hear a 'yay'?

Taper is always a little weird - you look forward to it, love it, but in other ways it brings a strange slowing down of the body... that makes you feel raring to go and all sleepy at the same time... as well as the mental expectation of the big day!

Its always an interesting place to be for a few days. But have the plan and really until Wednesday the weeks pretty much standard... and then Friday off to Melbourne. So only a few days to worry... and that's more about making sure I am comfortable with the plan around pacing and eventualities (that will occur - its the way of the world)and making sure I get some shopping time in Friday before Saturday as official 'do nothing, hit the couch' rest up day... I know I can do it if I stick to the pre race plan...

So a marathon doesn't feel too big a deal these days (it is all relative)... but still its about the expectations (and i am fully aware that running this will actually be hard... and new for me), which are:

Goal one: run hard
Goal two: under 3:45
Goal three: its a secret

Now we all have secret times we set... so do I... so hence not telling... will keep you updated if I achieve it (I think thats fair).

Let the HTFU run training experiment commence!