Thursday, July 7 - WORKOUTS!

<p>Morning, TEAM LIT!</p>
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<p>All: Thanks for the "condolances" yesterday. I am very bummed to have taken a hit in the standings for miss that one race, especially after putting in the time to get in all the others. Just happened that I missed the wrong race. But you are all right: I had a blast and would certainly do it over again. Running mountains is too fun!</p>
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<p>Don: Not sure I got you, or you got me, but I certainly would do it over again -- missing the race. I had to miss the race due to a family reunion. I (obviously) have my priorities in order. </p>
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<p>Yoshi: You are tired and can barely run 10 min miles due to the heavy load when your kids were away. That happens to me all the time. Just can't run fast sometimes due to having run fast, long, and everything in between for a bunch of days in a row.</p>
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<p>Me...</p>
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<p>5+ mile trail run early this morning over fairly non-technical trails with a few others.</p>
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<p>Hope to double up this evening with another trail run. Might be solo on this one since my TransRockies teammate is having balky ankles (but nothing to derail from TR; he's being overly cautious).</p>
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<p>Great day, LIT-mates!</p>

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<p>Originally Posted by <strong>Tri-Tammy</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74472/thursday-july-7-workouts#post_2005983"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a></p>
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<p>Here is my question of the day-</p>
<p>Is it just me, or do the last workouts before a race feel like crap?  Why is that? </p>
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<p>You are not alone. I think it happens to nearly all of us. This is what I consider all mental because you aren't 100% committed to going hard, and your body knows it because your brain is in that hyper-anal mode of always assessing how it feels.</p>
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<p>Forget it. All of it. Why? Because race day adrenaline will smooth over all the wrinkles. Once you're bouncing on the starting line, the race is on. That your body and you know. You would be amazed at how my body feels heading into these races, but one thing I know is that it will respond every time. So blow it off, this sluggish crappy feeling, for it is just the minds way of forcing you to go easy.</p>