LBL: The day prior

Only putting this entry to to describe the prerace anxiety I felt for this. I'm writing this up Tuesday after the race, so this is all in hindsight.

I had a "this is a make or break race" sense about it. After LBL, there is only one more long run! What if I needed to fix nutrition issues, find another pair of shoes, reset my pace?

Speaking of my shoes, I knew the Cascadia 8's needed my orthotics and yet I didn't put them in until last night! And I was SURE that the 8's were wider in the toe box and longer overall, but when I pulled out the insoles to swap them with the well-fitted insoles of the Adrenaline 13's, imagine my surprise to find them the SAME size!? How were the Cascadia's bigger then? Taller toe box? The Adrenaline insole/orthotic combination was almost perfect, but I think it was the lugs on the Cascadia's that led to the 'high' feeling in the arch. While it was a comfort to know my shoes were the same size, I was nervous about the feeling in the arch. How would that feel after 30 miles? Would I injure my feet? Plantar fasciitis? I wore the shoes to work the next morning, my feet settled in, I made a few trimmings to the heel end of the orthotic, then packed the Cascadia 5 and 8 shoes, along with all related insoles.

For nutrition, I reprogrammed the Garmin to beep every 40 mins, display kilometers instead of miles, and not lap every mile. In the end, I only wished I could have found a way to track HR every mile or by minute interval. Add that to the to-do list for the 50M.

Also for nutrition, I packed a LOT of food. Powerbars, lara bars, gels, and EFS flask for in-run. Then as treats apple and sweet potato chips. Then pork rinds, cashews, coconut chips, poached eggs, sweet potato with coconut butter....geezus loueezus when did I plan on eating all that?! So I removed the coconut chips, cashews, and rinds. Packed instead apples and oranges. Meant to pack canned fishies but missed that on the grocery list.

One more on nutrition, I started munching and ate kinda poorly. I knew I needed to eat for tomorrow, but lately I'm not so convinced about the "on-board fuel" theory we're fed. No pun intended.

The weather forecast was ~41F at start, 50 by 9am, 60 by noon. After training in all the cold weather, how do I dress for this?! Some anxiety regarding capris or shorts.

Finally, sleep was awful the night before the race likely due to race anxiety!