In some ways I’m very glad that it’s already Wednesday. Who doesn’t love zipping through a work week? But a HUGE part of me is screaming “HOLY SH*T! WE LEAVE FOR SAVANNAH IN A WEEK.” and right now that part of my brain is winning.
I’m pretty sure the taper crazies are in full effect and on top of that I feel a cold coming on. Awesome. (At least it’s this week and not next week!) I guess I never believed in the whole “tapering makes you insane” thing. I thought it’s only cutting down on a percent of your workouts each week, what’s the big deal?
Apparently, I forgot to factor in the whole mental part of it. It’s no big deal when you are skipping workouts for 2 weeks. But when are skipping/shortening workouts and then tact on a marathon at the end? It’s a whole ‘nother ballgame. Now I get.
{Thank you Paula for this image}
Here are some of the things I’ve been dealing with for the past couple of days…
- Random heel pain (more like my left heel is aching. It comes and goes and doesn’t hurt at all when I’m running. So bizarre.)
- Calf pain – on my right calf. My calves have NEVER hurt – even after the 23 mile run! WTF?
- No appetite – which normally isn’t a bad thing, but I hope it comes back next week. I miss you food.
- Constant dry mouth – and I have been hydrating like a fool!
- Super short attention span – what were we talking about?
- Feeling antsy – I just want to get up and move around consantly.
Because of the impending cold, I did skip my upper body/cardio workout this morning and I can’t say it’s helping me at all. I am actually sympathizing with Bruce Banner right now. I’m pretty sure this is how is feels right as he turns into the Incredible Hulk.
This is all normal, right?
Anything you have to confess?
I bet it’s normal since I hear so much about the taper crazies. Hope the random heel and calf pain go away for you!
Tapering sounds so simple, but then again, when you take out something that’s been such a huge portion of your life for so long…yeah, I bet it’ll make you crazy! Hope those random aches and pains are gone in time for Savannah!
LOL! I didn’t know the Hulk was up on current events. Man, he gets really angry about them.
He really does. He needs to displace that anger elsewhere.
I think the pain is probably some kind of neurotic thing you’re inventing so you can have an excuse if things go bad. 😉 Seriously, though, I wouldn’t worry about any of it, except the appetite. I always get that when I’m training, and I recently read that it’s a sign of overtraining, so just watch it. You’re going to be awesome, so try to enjoy the fun parts and ignore the annoying ones! 🙂
Apparently the phantom pains are due to the glycogen in your muscles restoring tiny rips and tears that may have occurred during training (or so my weekly group newsletter said!) – so the pains aren’t a bad thing, but still annoying!
Interesting about the appetite. It could be due to this this stupid cold too!! I’m sure I will be an eating machine in no time 🙂
I think I’m starting to get a case of the taper crazies as well, I’m starting to freak out. I can’t believe we’ll be marathoners next weekend!
So surreal, right? Wish we were all running together! We need an Orlando blogger meetup soon.