So today was supposed to be the big race conditions simulation run, on pavement, in VA after a Metro ride, walk to and from station...and it was all that and more. Oh what a difference the surface makes. For the 19 miler, I had maybe 5 miles on pavement, this was something else entirely. Another wrinkle, a bunch of short steep undulations on the Mt. Vernon trail, very unpleasant on tender legs. I know I have said before that I may not be able to walk tomorrow, but I am pretty sure I mean it this time. Walking is going to hurt--and as a colleague pointed out, you will want to walk down stairs facing backwards--I really get that today.
On the positive side, I had a cold up to yesterday, and I will be tapered down for the actual race, so hopefully that and motivation of race day will get me through the final 1+ hour of suffering. I decided that someone should be enjoying that pain, so I invited my younger brother to join me for the last 6 miles or so. He promised not to act too happy about my predicament, we'll see. Another big positive, no specific injuries, just general hurt (below the knee cap, shins but not the ripping feeling, and right at hip and ankle bone as usual). I saw someone sitting on a bench at a water stop, he was on mile 16 of 20 training for the MCM as well, and had been stopped in his tracks with shins, so I feel lucky--he got his gut check early.
I felt a strange sight coming back on the Metro, sweaty and like a sack of potatoes. I resisted the urge to taunt people who had just finished the Army 10 miler, which shows you just how exhausted I was. I mean 10 miles, that's nothing! Next up, tapering in Switzerland!
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