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2021 Stockade-athon 15K Road Race

Quite unusual for me, I was excited to run this race. Typically anxiety gets the better of me and the days leading up to race day are filled with dread and regret. This race was different. Sure, there was nervous anxiety but it was coupled with waves of excitement. Here's how this race went starting from the Saturday before race day. Saturday morning at 7 am I went for a 4.2 mile, or 35 minute, shake out run that consisted of 20 minutes easy and 3 x 40 second 5K paced strides with 80 second recovery. The weather was representative [...]

By Joanne|2021-11-16T15:56:36-05:00November 16, 2021|Races, Running|Comments Off

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. [...]