Week of October 21, 2013:
Monday: Off
Tuesday: Slow walk around the neighborhood (untimed)
Wednesday: Off (flew back to Texas, so there was plenty of walking around airports with my luggage)
Thursday: Evening run! The first post-marathon run. 29 minutes total, with 10 minutes of slow running.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Power-walked to the bank and back, 26 min. total.
Sunday: First post-marathon LONG RUN. 42 min. total with 30 min. running at a comfortable pace.
Estimated mileage: 7.8 miles. Total minutes: 97.
I flew back to Texas on Wednesday and returned to work on Thursday. I am so glad that I took several days off from work after the marathon; I can’t even imagine trying to run a marathon on Sunday and then working on Monday. For the work that I do, which involves a lot of time on my feet, walking to and fro, that would have been complete torture.
And I’m happy to report that I’ve even run twice since the big race! I felt pretty good during both runs, though I am experiencing a little twinge of something uncomfortable on the back of my leg, behind my knee. I think with some more time, whatever it is will heal itself. While I am getting myself ready to begin training for my next half-marathon (another Armadillo Dash!), I’m not in a rush to begin piling on the long run miles.
This week I’d like to return to my yoga mat for some dearly missed stretching and quiet time. Thank goodness I haven’t lost all my flexibility due to marathon training, but I’m ready to work on my back and hips on the mat.
What’s on your fitness agenda for the week?
Yay for feeling ready to run during the week after your marathon and ready to put another long-distance race on the agenda! Enjoy the yoga! I have some running and cross-training on the schedule for this week.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! It's so good to see you back in action in blog world :-) Also, you are totally rocking the cross-training these days. It's nice to mix it up, don't you think?
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