Taper isn't that good

Day 4 of the full taper. I have been feeling pretty crappy on and off all week.

Had an 45min intervals session on Monday morning - ran 2 x 1.6k at an avg pace of 4:03 and 4:06 min/km. That went OK. Then Tues was bike intervals with a hard brick run. I did about 29km in 54min which included 4 x 6min hard. I wore my new Jaggad race kit (which I probably won't wear in IM) and so jumped off the bike at work and headed straight out the door. Straight into 15min of Z4 (4:00-4:15 pace). Then Z2 for 10 min on the way back.

Later that day I felt a tickle in the throat and my glands were up and felt like I was fighting something off. Legs felt Ok, left foot was a bit sore. Woke up on Wed after 8 full hours sleep and still felt ordinary. Very lethargic. Went to the pool on the way home from work but could only manage 1km. I forgot my pull buoy and I felt like crap. My breathing was laboured and my arms felt really heavy. Seeing how it was taper - I pulled the pin and cut my losses.

Today was my 'long' run. 70min. That went pretty good. I wore my Jaggad tri top so that I could utilises the back pockets for keys, glasses, phone etc. Had two pieces of work - 15' @ Z2 and then 10'@ Z3. The Z3 stuff was really hard - as it was mostly up hill. I had to really push it hard. Left foot is sore still and my left calf and lower quad are a bit tender. Luckily I have a massage tonight. I still feel a bit below par, but will hopefully come good soon.

I have settled on several of my goals for IM - to run without slowing down (even or negative split), a 5:10hr bike leg (weather permitting) and Top 20% of the field. Total time? We will see about that one. Only 8 more sleeps!