On Your Marks!!
The Sydney Marathon is tomorrow. Just one sleep to go. The last 3 days I have been stuffing myself with energy food. I feel like a stuffed sausage. I just hope I haven’t actually overeaten.
I stepped out for a final run today. Just a light 10km one down to the Opera House and back. Last year I checked out the exact location of the finish line and was very glad for it. Even though there are fewer places to hide a finish line at the opera house forecourt, I still think it was a good idea. No surprises. It was a beautiful day for a run and great to have a final stretch out before tomorrow. Afterwards I went for a massage after cooling down, mainly to have a stretch out and overall de-stress.
I think I have everything else ready. Bib number, Heart rate monitor, carbo gels, timing chips all ready to go. In the morning I’ll be jogging down to the start line as a warmup, before doing some stretches that my yoga instructor has recommended. The worst part is the early start. I think I’m actually more apprehensive about waking up at 4am than the 42km run.
Other than that I just want to get going. I have a fairly strong race plan. I want to average 5:10 per km for the first 21km and the a slower rate for the back 21km of 5:45 per km.
Wish me Luck. See you tomorrow.
