Road to Recovery
After an awesome experience at Disney with the Dopey
Challenge, I am back in CLT now. My body is slowly returning to normal.
Sometimes, I believe the walking around Disney is harder than running a
marathon.
Monday through Wednesday, I kept my mileage to an easy 4
miler. With the rest of the day, I walked the parks. Monday was incredible slow. Tuesday and Wednesday were better.
Yesterday, I ran 7 miles. My legs actually felt like they were moving for the
first time.
The week post a marathon is always easy one. The body needs time to recharge it batteries after a huge effort. This week
will be followed by a getting back to normal mileage week. Then, during the
third week I would I will start to throw in a light workout or two. Reminding my legs, I still hope to run fast.
Usually by 4 weeks out I am ready to start digging into some
good workouts. This syncs up well with my plans to hit the track for several
interval sessons over the next couple of months.
I have a rough draft of these workouts already in the works
and will be sharing it in my Charlotte Running Club article for our club's newsletter. I will also post it here in case someone wants to see what my workout schedule is like.
For now, I am just enjoying some easy running and thinking
about what I want to do next.
Sharing one thought at time,
The Cool Down Runner
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