Tecumseh: here we go again!

   

 

 Tecumseh. My A-race for the winter. I did it last year and it was awesome! Now here it is 4 days before the race this year and I am nervous. What if it doesn't live up to the amazement of last year? What if it ends up being a bad run for me for some reason? What if I have built it up in my mind to be this all-supreme thing that if it isn't the be-all, end-all I will be disappointed in myself or feel I have had a set-back in my training and fitness.
  One: have to remember I have been doing a lot of big races in the last few months and have kept up good, consistent mileage all year. I have not had an injury this year, even through the difficulty of Flatrock YEAH it hurt and I was sore but no injury. So I have to keep that in mind. I have been cross-training a lot more too this fall. I started working out at 9round gym and have changed up my weights routine at my gym and increased some more core work. I think my balance is better than it used to be and I can dodge roots and such with some more speed and agility.
  Two: Every race is not going to be the same. I have not had this problem much before but now that I am on round 3 of my race calendar I will have to realize that what happened last year was LAST YEAR and that it is impossible for it to happen that way again. That was then. This is now. I found that out running the Eagle Creek Trail Marathon the second time around. It was different, but awesome. I know that this year's Tecumseh will be different.........but I am looking forward to seeing what will come.
  Three: I have the woods. I have the cathedral of boughs above me. I have the carpet of leaves below. I have the birds to guide me, the rustle of leaves in the wind, the shouts and scurries of the small and simple creatures all around me. I have the quiet of my mind, the stillness of my heart and the joy of new things. And in the end, I have the arms of my friends. Those are the most important things.

   

  

Tecumseh here we come ready or not!