Well, GSC week has officially begun. Our conference championship race is Saturday, Nov 6th. Today, Monday Nov 1, we started our mini-taper for conference. (We won't do a full-blown taper until the week before the NCAA South Regional on Nov 20th.
Today the men ran 4 x 1 mile at goal pace for Saturday's race with 3' rest. We usually have less rest - 90"-2:00 - but this is part of our mini-taper. We also usually do 5 repeats but reduced it by one to give the guys a bit more rest. The women ran a tempo run today - 3.6 miles on one of our on-campus loops. They usually do 5 miles but we reduced that workout as well.
The workouts went along smoothly. Everyone managed to stay relaxed and run within themselves. Our only concern is Peter who still seems to have zero energy. He went to see the doctor this morning and we are waiting to hear what might be ailing him. He hasn't run well in over 2 weeks now. We may have to switch his place on the GSC roster with one of our alternates - Evan Lemons. If Pete can't run, that would be a blow to our chances. When right, he is right in the mix for our top 4-5 spots.
We have an easy day tomorrow morning and then, on Wednesday, our last quality session of the week - 3 x 800-600-400 on our new grass track with 90" rest after each interval. Again, not much volume - only 5400m - with longer than usual rest periods. Hopefully, enough to keep us sharp and still let us rest enough to get the supercompensation rebound effect we are looking for.
Thursday and Friday will both be easy days without much volume. Just some strides after the runs and, hopefully, we'll be ready to run fast on Saturday.
Long range weather forecast is for a totally sunny day with a high of 60F and a low of 32F that morning. Should be perfect for our 9 AM (women) and 10 AM (men) races.
We are already starting to feel that excitement that comes from an important race in which you know you have a good chance of doing well.
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