Mini Taper and Tortilla Pie

I’m “mini tapering” for the Stockade-Athon on Sunday. It doesn’t seem right to taper at all since I’ve been taking it easy since October 3rd.  I’ve been following Hal Higdon’s Post Marathon Recovery Schedule and week four says “Race”.  Ok, but I’m not looking forward to it.  It’s a 15K, 9.3 miles and I can’t expect to meet my last 15K time of 1:14.  But the mind has begun to churn out goal times and planned methodology.  I can’t help myself.  It just might be a set up for major disappointment but there you go.  The mind of the obsessed.  [...]