event prep final

September 26, 2026

Less than a week to the 5k event. I'm in the very final days of prep. I could say that I'm in the second phase of it. I did all those interval runs, and stairmaster sessions, while wearing the weighted vest. Now I'm on to doing non-stop (no walking) runs without the vest. The plan for this all along was to do 7.77km runs. With plans like this I don't fully believe I will execute them until I'm in the midst of executing them.

Intentionally planned these final runs to be longer than the event. I have done two so far. They went quite well. All the vest work seems to have paid off. One more run to go on Monday morning, then stairmaster on Wednesday. Then that is it. Two rest days, and then the event day will finally be here. These last two sessions are really not very necessary. Nothing to be gained from them, nothing would be lost if I didn't do them, but they are important to me anyway.

I do all my running in the dark at around 3:00am here. Nothing but me, often rabbits and skunks, and sometimes drug addicts. Rabbits freeze, stare, and then bolt. Skunks get startled, puffed up, and stare at me. Drug addicts (so far) have ignored me.

In less than a week I'm showing up at a start line in the daylight with over a thousand other runners. I'm quite anxious about anything that involves other people, so naturally I'm anxious about this. It is probably good for me somehow even though there is a voice asking, why the fuck am I doing this?!? lol.

It feels good to feel this strong and fit. It also feels good knowing that after the event I will be off work until the 13th October. I find that the approaching event and vacation has pushed the news away from the forefront of my mind. It is likely healthy to allow all that to be on the backburner for awhile.

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