{"id":871,"date":"2013-05-10T07:05:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T07:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/ultimatecomrades\/?p=871"},"modified":"2015-10-11T06:26:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T04:26:23","slug":"2013-taper-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/ultimatecomrades\/2013\/05\/10\/2013-taper-day-4\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Taper day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday is normally my rest day. Plus this should have been a rest week, according my theory of having an easy week after 4 effort weeks.<\/p>\n

I missed yesterday because I just didn’t want to step into the dark, swirling, drenching rain. When it cleared and the sun came out, I nearly but not quite reorganised my day to run.<\/p>\n

By this morning I was keen to catch up the missed run and to see what a day’s rest would bring. So I set off early to see if I could PB \u00a0my 8.72 km route – my regular 8 km run. Felt great – Legs strong, good focus – until I checked my watch and laughed.<\/p>\n

\"1-IMG00361-20130509-0901\"<\/a>Part of me hadn’t turned on the stopwatch.<\/p>\n

I like that part of me – the ultra-me who knows and does the long runs. Welcome back! \u00a0This other more often ego-me, the one who decides to do Comrades and make a thing about it, gets all panicky too easily.<\/p>\n

Ultra-me knows best what I can do and should be doing. He’s taking charge even now. Great. The PB didn’t matter. It could even have been too much<\/p>\n

I know \u00a0– well if I feel good – I’ll get it next week<\/p>\n

Before then I can look forward to tomorrow’s 20 km easy effort run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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