134 hours and counting; Race week diet? Pop-Tarts!

I feel ready. I did my last long run of 10 miles yesterday morning. It went well, but I did forget to retrieve my hat and gloves I had shed and dropped near the car on one of the laps. I did a quick drive by at lunch today and they are gone. It is in a business park so there really isn't a place someone could turn them in to a lost and found.

Using the FIRST training plan has been good, but it is definitely different than other plans when it comes to the long run. The FIRST plan had me doing the taper long runs at marathon pace - 7:26. I actually liked this and felt it boosted my confidence and has helped me find that pace. During yesterday's run I started thinking that shooting for 7:20 would be good. Not too much faster than what I have trained for, but a little under the BQ pace to give me a little cushion.

Before doing the grocery shopping, I looked at a couple of running books and what they recommend for food. Higdon's book had a list of high carbohydrate foods. It had quite a variety including the regular fruits and grains, but also had pop-tarts on there. Pop-Tarts?! Pop-Tarts are a recommended running fuel source? And so I put a box of the iced chocolate fudge variety in my shopping cart last night. I'm thinking these might not be providing the "good"/complex carbohydrates, but it was in a book, so it's gotta be right. Okay, I also bought rice, apples, cran-raspberry juice, spaghetti, and the breakfast of champions.