Another failed taper?

Well, two days to go, and once again, I'm not feeling in top form before a big race. The main culprit is that I went to a Namban workout on Wednesday, fully intending to take it easy, but then getting caught up in trying to run faster than other guys, and ultimately pulling a muscle in my right hamstring. It's not too bad, but as I heard in an interview with Haile Gebreselassie (sp?) the other day, you have to be in 155% condition to run a good marathon, and I am not that. My back has also gotten a bit stiff over the past couple of days, which may just be stress. I went to a new massage place at LaLaport today to get it worked on a bit, which helped, hopefully it will feel better on Sunday.

Let's see if I can remember what else I've done for training in this taper. Took Sunday and Monday off this week because Sky was sick, rode my bike to work on Tuesday, Namban workout on Wednesday, then took Thursday and Friday off, and likely not run tomorrow. Probably the least I've ever run the last week before the race.
Last week I can't remember many details, but did a solid 18k run, building up to marathon pace for about half of it, and also doing some rope skipping every 3k, it was a pretty fun workout. I ran 2-3 times during the week, and also rode my bike.
Two weeks ago I ran every day except Monday, including a solid 25k run out in Chiba and then my fun tire, plyo, whatever routine on Saturday. Need to do that more consistently after the marathon.


So, not sure how things will go on Sunday, but I'm trying not to stress about it. At least i'll be running in style in my new costume...