My mom passed away this afternoon. Just 2 weeks ago she was living independently and still driving.
QOTD: 2017 is coming to a end and tomorrow is our fun Friday question. That makes todays question our last "serious" QOTD of the year. What are your goals for 2018?
October
7 - roxymama - Chicago Marathon (Finish/NA)
10:1 odds this changes to something other than Finish by the time the race rolls around. I know you'll have a time goal even if you won't publicly admit it.
Truth be told, the first time I tapered was before last year's Star Wars The Light Side. In all previous races, I trained at normal training pace during those final runs after the longest training session since I didn't want to lose my speed. So while I have only had 2 real tapers, I find that I enjoy the relaxed nature of tapering. It's nice to not feel the pressure of needing to maintain training pace.QOTD: With marathon weekend just around the corner now, do you like or dislike the taper before a marathon or half marathon? Why?
ATTQOTD: I have always enjoyed the reduced mileage and knowing the big race was soon.
Sometimes that's the hardest decision to make. Good luck with Goofy.@LSUlakes, thank you for the new thread and all you do.
Scratch me from the 5K/10K/Dopey. Still in for the half/full/Goofy. I'll be running the half with my bro and the full with my nephew. He has marathon bib < 450, but this is his first marathon. I'm hoping to slow him down to a reasonable pace, so he doesn't crash and burn.
I'm a little bummed at missing the Dopey, but some of the things I've learned over the past month are go with your gut feel and things that seem bad in the short-term turn out to be good and vice-versa. Dopey didn't feel right, but Goofy does.
QOTD: With marathon weekend just around the corner now, do you like or dislike the taper before a marathon or half marathon? Why?