Taper!

This week - keep time up but back off intensity. Next week, slow it down and rest.

This is not easy to do. Rest is a hard concept to come by. Especially when one feels unprepared. Like if I work hard this week I can make up for it.

But I keep reading and re-reading articles about the importance of rest and am trying to take it to heart. Afterall...it's still a 3-hour bike Saturday...it's just pulled back from the speed. We're in the home stretch. I had a pretty good last long weekend, I do feel strong...just wish I had done longer workouts. Mentally I feel like I should have done the whole IM already to know that I can on race day...but that's not how it works. So at this point I am trusting in the program and the adrenline.