Course Map

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 Woke up with a bit of a headache somewhere around 1am. I really wanted to sleep in until 6 and then go put on  7 easy Thursday miles because I didn't have to take the kids to school, but it just wasn't in the cards. Made it back to bed for a few hours when I got home. I ran known loops, 4 miles and then 3 miles. That way I could just turn on cruise control and not bother thinking about turns or calculating a route back home. 

My body rhythm won't really go into taper mode until Saturday when I normally would be doing a long run paced workout. Then next week will be a bit bonkers with just light duty miles. I can't quite remember what it is like to taper because last training cycle was disturbed. If I trace my memory back to last year I think I felt a little awkward with the abundance of extra energy. 

I'm going to keep trying to stay in bed, but I'm not too optimistic that it is going to happen. We'll see. 

I keep studing the  map for the race. I'd like to think it will help in some way. If I break it down into parts it would sound something like this

Miles 1 - 5: A bit of a loop around the downtown area
Miles 5 - 7: Straight shot down a single street; 
Miles 7 - 9: Move along the river
Miles 10-14: Northern movement with a few turns
Miles 14 - 18:south and a few stair steps
Mile 19-21.5: A turn west
Miles 24-26 :A straight shot before...
Final .2 miles are a right, left right

More Broadly
1-5 Fun downtown run
5-15 Neighborhood
15-20 Neighborhood+museum
20-24.5 River run+city
24.5-26.2 Back into the city


26.2 miles is a long way.



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