Tapering (Sort Of) for the Half Marathon

I had no run scheduled for Monday, as I'd planned a rest day to follow Sunday's race, however at some point between yesterday's post and going to bed I actually considered going to Coventry on Monday morning for the Godiva May Day 5-miler. I even downloaded an entry form! I managed to rein myself in and not go to Coventry, but somehow in doing so I talked myself out of having a training run too, despite having plenty of time to do so and knowing that due to other commitments my mileage will be down this week. Of course with a half marathon coming up I need to get some rest toward the end of the week anyway.
My weekly run with Joe fell on Tuesday again this week - next week we'll be back to Wednesdays. We went clockwise again and as Joe had had another fall we started off fairly easy. He seemed OK so the pace gradually increased and he was able to put in a bit of a sprint at the end. No records set this time, but a reasonable performance.

The Centurion's Grand Prix Series points table was updated today and I find myself in 17th position overall, and 11th veteran (just ahead of Chris, and second over-50). By the way, I mentioned that three Sparkhill Harriers turned up on Sunday - there were actually five, but I didn't see the other two.

I'm not sure how to structure my training for the remainder of the week. I'll definitely have Thursday, Friday and Saturday off, partly to rest before Hinckley, but also because on Thursday I'll be working 17 hours on the local elections and the AV referendum and I'm going to a gig on Friday evening. On Saturday I shall be operating the timer again at Cannon Hill parkrun - we're being visited by the Lucozade 'Yes' team, who are promoting their latest product offering, Orange Lite. I may come away with a freebie, and no, I don't know what the 'Yes' is about, nor why they can't spell 'light' properly.

Effectively then, I just have tomorrow evening left for half-marathon training. I did consider running home from work, but taking the less pleasant direct route in order not to overdo the mileage. I think I'll defer my decision, but it'll probably be an easy four or five miles.

Over the last four weekends I've run in four races and achieved four PBs. Hopefully at Hinckley I'll make it five in five in five!