This is when it starts to get to you.
T-5 days.
The flight plans are set, the finances are ensured, and the race documents are assembled.
Now I wait. I wait for the inevitable aches, twitches, and the innate narraration of "Hey, that wasn't there yesterday"
I'm giving myself five days of consecutive rest. Provided that my last run went smooth, with no aches or pains that I didn't want to feel occuring, I am trusting in this taper.
Just as on race day, I will trust my training.
I leave for Florida on Thursday (12.4.06), so hopefully upon my arrival I will achieved a greater degree of sanity.
Talk to you soon,