time to Taper

The Shamrock Marathon is a week away. Well if we want to be technical it's less than a week.......by now next week I will be napping b/c I will be exhausted from all the Shamrock Festivities.
These past couple of months have been wonderful. It's been some of the best training that I've ever had.
-Great longs runs
-Perfect paced tempo runs
- a happy life/wonderful friends
- and an awesome coach
I've felt very comfortable during my longs runs.....so much that my 20 miles runs weren't as mentally tough as I thought. I took this as a good sign.
I feel like this race is going to be a good one for me. I'm ready mentally and physically.
The taper week can be tough. It's a time for rest but all the rest makes a runner begin to feel restless. This restless feeling creates anxiety and it makes me feel like I need to go out an run. Which I can't b/c I'm suppose to be resting and only running a little. Agh.
Running a marathon is very tough mentally and physically. It's a long distance with lots of variables (nutrition, water, wind/weather). And anything can happen. A runner does their best to control whatever they can but in the end it's all in God's hands.
So this is the taper week. It's a week to rest, relax, eat good food, stay off the feet, and get a massage. I've spent weeks mentally envisioning the race and how it will go. I can't wait to see how it's all going to play out.