Easy running this week. Mile repeats Tuesday, easy run Wednesday, Thursday off, easy run Friday. 10 miles this Sunday - and it will probably be on a treadmill in a hotel gym (AT RACE PACE!).

Next week, two race pace runs of decreasing distance, and I think there's an easy run in there.

I always have trouble relaxing in massage. "Relax and let go... relax and let go... relax... let go... right here... your leg... yes that one." In yoga, I find that the relaxation pose/shivasana is easiest when the instructor (usually a DVD) talks me through it - focused relaxation. Focus on relaxing your feet, feel how they feel open. Focus on relaxing your calves, feel how they are strong but dangling. Focus on your stomach, feel the breath rise and fall. I use that when I'm in massage (not out loud, massage guy might think I'm more crazy than he already does). I find that I feel significantly more relaxed in yoga when I do one of those relaxations vs. "just lie down and be calm." I'll get right on that.