Things I've Learned
I'm seriously spending most of my day seated next to a big bowl of whole wheat pasta and a bottle of water and worrying about how screwed I am tomorrow.

I just read this snippet on another blog:

"A high heart rate like that (near or above my age calculated maximum) is indicative of a poorly developed fat burning system. My body had to burn glycogen the whole way, and when that started to run out, well, then I slowed down as did my heart rate. The cure for this is to do most training at or below lactate threshold (or some such, lots of different names for that) which for me is around 140. That trains my fat burning system and avoid over-reliance on glycogen burning, and thus I can now do long endurance events with a much lower heart rate."

I, on the other hand, have been at or near my peak heart rate of 185 on just about every training run regardless of distance and/or speed. In other words, if this guy's post is to be believed, the only way for me to hit my goal tomorrow is to strain my cardiovascular system in a possibly unhealthy way and then run out of gas HARD. Alternatively, I can try to keep my rate rate around 160-170 and I might have a fighting chance.

This sitting still and waiting is driving me nuts. I'd love to go out and run, like cramming for an exam or something.