Post race 5/8/2011
This week’s is a week of self-discovery. How will my body recover, how do I feel, cravings. I didn’t quite take it THAT easy after the race as I had a couple of jumps scheduled in the afternoon ... Wendie and I went to see the movie “Thor” Sunday night ... Great way to end the day :) What amazed me the most is how hungry I stayed all day ... the soreness was expected and tolerable but the hunger just would not go away ... All well I guess one great thing about running is guilt-free eating lol ...
As Thor would say in the movie ... “This mortal body has grown weak ... I need sustenance ...”
Day to day notes.
Recovery Day 1 (Post Race Day) ... Monday 5/9/2011
I don’t quite know what to expect. Taking it slow this week for sure. I feel still somewhat more hungry than usual but hunger has definitely subsidized now ... I just went to work like any other day but I definitely are not looking forward to exercise ...
Recovery Day 2 ... Tuesday 5/10/2011
I will start easing back into my training by a short resistance workout today ... Easy chest and triceps, sets of 7 to 10, 3 to 4 sets at a time. I feel more like I have a need to do “something” than anything else and chest is easy and sexy ...I am thinking about starting a blog for my training and running ... My legs are still too stiff for an enjoyable run ... My quads are killing me ... It has been a long time I can remember being that sore !!!
Recovery Day 3 ... Wednesday 5/11/2011
The soreness is almost gone and i am anxious for a run. I feel a nice 6 miles run would be perfect for today however weather and schedule are NOT cooperating LOL. Stuck at work late, rainy and cold outside. I don’t mind cold or wet runs, but sometimes I am lazy and long for a nice sunny day run instead ... Today is one of those times :) I workout instead, simple shoulder / arm and and hanging leg raises.
Thinking on to the next race ... the 2011 Survivor Mud Run, Allen Creek elementary school has a dirt track and jungle gym along about 1/4 of the track so that I could transform that run into an obstacle course ... There is also a wall about say 7 - 8 feet. I could not scale the wall back in the military when I was doing the obstacle course so I feel I have some unfinished business with the wall. Like many things I failed in the past I want to give it another shot. I understand the method to scale it. I am scared a little that I still can’t. Failure scares me, but failure builds character. If I scale that wall easily, it it will help build up confidence for the Survivor Mud ...
Recovery Day 4 ... Thursday 5/12/2011
It was such a beautiful day today. I ventured into my first run today. I felt great, I am glad I waited a day ... I set out to do 6 miles, it’s what I felt in my mind was a good distance. I ran a new route in a known area so it fun. I felt almost no effort the first 3 miles. I wasn’t trying to push it. However I think I settled into the same pace as the marathon ... I felt my heart rate was slightly higher at the end. As I get more advanced in my training I am considering getting a heart rate monitor to better pace myself.
I felt the run jumped started my metabolism. Like my body was chilling and recovering from Sunday and needed to be “shocked” into life ...
Looking forward to pile up the miles again !
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