I'm nervous, I'm excited, I'm hopeful. I have done further distance on a trail and on road. So I should be comfortable with the distance. I've never ran at this park before though, so I have no idea what to expect.
I was also blessed with the stomach bug earlier in the week. This is not good news for a runner. ha! I'm still not 100% recovered but getting there. This did mean that I had no problems with this being a taper week, as I've only worked out twice (Sunday and Tuesday).
I am also dealing with injury on both my feet. I had hurt them a month or so ago. I took it easy, they cleared up and were fine. However running my last race, Castlewood Cup, caused major issues. I've been taking it easy for a couple weeks due to that as well.
Hopefully taking all this time off will mean my body is rested and ready to go on Sunday. I am worried how my feet will do. I am worried how my body will react. However I plan to give it all I can and if I need to pull out of the race, I will.
Since I have not ran at this park before I have no idea what the trails are like or how hard the hills/course is. I've looked at the elevation and the hills don't seem to be as bad as what I am used to.
Here is the elevation for Quivering Quads:
Here is the elevation for the Castlewood Cup course I did 2 weeks ago:
As you can see the hills aren't nearly as bad. That doesn't mean I'm not worried. I could go all and come to a hill and it could be worse than I anticipate. I train with hills, but most are steep and not tooo terrible long. The hills for QQ seem to be not as steep but longer, which could be worse.
So..we'll see. Fingers crossed I do ok and don't have to pull out of this race.
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