Race week
Race week.
The hay is in the barn now. The work is done. The bricks are stacked. It’s time to rip it.
Race week is all about trust. Trusting the work you put in over the past weeks and months. Trusting that the taper will lead to you feeling fresh on race day. Trusting that you can hit your race day splits. Trusting that you mentally are ready to run fast. Race week is one of the easiest physical weeks of any training block, but paradoxically the hardest week mentally.
Race week is a beautiful test. You can only race as good as your process leading up to it was. A good race never follows a bad process. In that way, the race is a great teacher. How effective were you over the past weeks and months? Time to find out…