Its here. I would be standing at the starting line even before I realise. And five hours later it all be over. Last week has not been as smooth as I thought. I have already mentioned how the entire tapering of running distance has kind of put me in a state constant doubt and stress. Though I realised much of that was a joint effect of an assignment at work that had to finished too. Now that assignment part is over, I feel a little more relaxed.
Though i feel i have not handled taper as well as i should have. possibly because i did not research enough about it ( being caught in work). To add to that I have been experiencing light cramps in calves and thighs. Its a little odd to have this happening. I have not found this a regular occurrence around final weeks of marathon from all that i have read. Today though i managed to read up a bit on the topic and figured a few things which can used to correct what ever little i got wrong (or did not over emphasise) in the last two weeks.
For one it seems that the best thing is to rather rest and not do the last week runs to avoid aggravating the affected muscles. There is very little that last week training adds to the Marathon result. So I am considering not running today maybe, catch some extra sleep and hydrate myself real hard. I almost wondered if it made sense to have a half hour alarm to remind myself to drink water. Seemed a bit embarrassing. Need to figure something as powerful instead, than relying on memory alone. I had once placed water bottle in all strategic locations around the house to remind myself. Worked well then. Maybe something similar is needed now. This is certainly a crisis. Will have to eliminate caffeine from system. So i guess the black-tea i just finished was the last for the week and will have to refrain from anything diuretic (that dehydrates). Have already had two rounds of ice pack, but once you land at work its not possible to carry that forward.
Last time i tried handling muscle fatigue and cramp, there was a lot of rest, ice-pack, a massage and a combiflam involved. And i was not sure what worked. What mattered is that something worked. Its will be a little risky to try too many things for as much as one can help, if gone wrong , these can add to the injury too. I have had bad massages before. Little confused, but have to do something.
Guess its time to take some risks again ...
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