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Last long run went really badly
Yesterday I went out for my last long run before tapering....and things went badly.
I had a cold, my legs felt hollow, I'm sure I got my food / drink wrong, I was continually running into a headwind, my pace for the first two miles went to pot and to top it off my feet started bleeding.
In the end I had to stop after seven miles!
I'm now pretty down about two weeks time despite the rest of my training going ok.
Is it common that the last serious run goes badly...or should I use that deferral form?
I had a cold, my legs felt hollow, I'm sure I got my food / drink wrong, I was continually running into a headwind, my pace for the first two miles went to pot and to top it off my feet started bleeding.
In the end I had to stop after seven miles!
I'm now pretty down about two weeks time despite the rest of my training going ok.
Is it common that the last serious run goes badly...or should I use that deferral form?
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If you had a cold - maybe you shouldn't have even set out on a long run.
You need to look at what went wrong yesterday and why - so that these things din't go wrong on the day - in particular, why were your feet bleeding on only a 7 mile run? What do you think was wrong with your food and drink?
Not all of the problems were within your control and those that were, you can learn from before the big day - that's in part why we do these practise runs!
Another way of looking at it is; if you've got your bad run (and cold!) out of the way, it's less likely to happen when it really matters in two weeks time.
Be glad!
Stop!
Forget about training.
You can only do harm now if you try to do more.
You now have two weeks to rest and recover for the big day, concentrate on doing that.
Good luck on the day - Rmember to have fun.
Every dress rehearsal goes wrong.
Winston Churchill was once asked to give words of advice to a group of school children. His response " Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever give in!"
I am sure you will have a great day.
do you have any idea why your feet bled?
I did have relatively new shoes on - but I've run far longer in them before on several occassions.
I suppose the motto is cut your toenails!
Last Sunday I should have run 20 miles, I managed 6ish. My head/body didn't want to know. Don't feel bad about yourself I'm sure you will be great on the day. Best of luck