Easy run. Lap and a half at Emma Russell Park and back home. Threw in some strides during the first part of the 2nd mile. It might just be me feeling paranoid cause I get that way before a big race, but I haven't felt very good this week. Usually my legs have an antsy ready to race feeling in them when I have tapered as much as I have this week, but I'm not feeling that. We'll see how things go. I'm not real happy with the Skyline race director. Since clear back in May he has been saying that there is a $500 course record bonus. Well at the beginning of this week sent out an e-mail saying the starting line is changing which is adding on at leas 1/2 mile to the old course, but we still have to beat the old course record and now just today he is saying that the $500 course record is going to have to be split between the men and the women so they will only give $250 course record bonus to each. It's frustrating because this race has been a big focus for me since May because there was a potential of winning $1,000 (1st place gets $500) now just days before the race they go and make it a lot more difficult to accomplish by adding the 1/2 mile and then just the day before say sorry if you get the now much more difficult course record you only get 1/2 as much as we promised. It's kind of a bunch of crap, but I guess I shouldn't raise too much of a stink unless I win it and come close to the old course record without getting it. I do understand that winning it is going to be extremely difficult in and of itself. On a positive side I am looking forward to running a trail race. This is a beautiful trail race and it's been a long time since I raced on the trails.
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