Rest Day - well earned

Training Plan - Rest Actual - Rest Plan for the week: Monday - Rest Tuesday - 13 Km easy Wednesday - 13 Km easy Thursday - 16 Km speedwork. 5 x 1600 at 4:40-4:50 with recovery of 1km between. Friday - 11 Km easy Saturday - 11 Km Fartlek Sunday - Long Run. 20 to 23 Km Weekly Total - about 84 Km This will be the biggest week before the taper begins. The count down is one now with 3 Weeks to go and lot's of thoughts running through my mind. Picked out my race day kit, as per the photo here (looking like a bit of a Nike tart me thinks). The anticipation is building, along with an underlying feeling of raw naked fear :-) Have started thinking about my previous racing experiences. The first 5 k'er, got to 3 Kms and thought, oh god, what the hell am I doing?, the first 8 k'er, got past 5 SMS and thought, oh god, why didn't I enter the 4 Km?, first 10 k'er, got to 6 SMS and thought, oh god, why didn't I enter the 5 Km? Well, I am sure you get the gist, so of course I am now starting to think, will I get to the 15 Km mark and think WTF do I think I am doing out here, why didn't I just have another crack at the 10Km?? Not too mention all the other thoughts, have I done enough? Did I start too fast? Should I have a drink at 10Km, is it worth it as most will end up down my front? Should I have made more of an effort to lost a bit more weight? Well, shoulda, coulda, woulda really, because none of this will make a difference on race day will it. My last 2 races have been great however, really confident going in and no negative "why am I doing this crap during the runs" so I just need to hold onto that and know that I have done the work. Really tired still today after a pretty demanding couple of days, so for once I am enjoying just taking it easy and not running. Just doing the house work (yuck) in between stints on the couch just vegging out. Oh, and how could I forget, got some great news yesterday!!! I am going to be an Aunty Em, my younger brother rang yesterday to tell me that his fiance was pregnant, he is very excited, I am thrilled at the prospect of being an Aunty!!! This is what I was faced with this afternoon when I went to put some clothes in the dryer - For a brief moment I wondered if he would come out all fluffly like the cat in the cartoon if I turned the dryer on, then I realised the RSPCA would probably frown on such behavior (people, please, I am joking).. This is Asterix, the worlds most badly behaved Russian Blue.