Hangin' Loose

Rested up after the race.  Feeling pretty good.  It seems after every marathon the down time seems to get shorter and I am alot less sore.  I can easily go up and down stairs.  Just a little sore on the calves and tight.

Thought about running some today.  And did some shopping on the way home from work.  My calves are still just a bit tender.  And so just walked around a bit more shopping and stretched a bunch today.  Feeling good about the recovery.  Hopefully tomorrow I will run/walk some down at the park.  Should be good just going by feel.

Wanted to see how my body was recovering from the race.  It felt better today then yesterday.  Mostly my calve was the only thing sore still.  So went down to Liberty Park to test the old legs out.  And ran around on the wood chips.  It wasnt bad right from the start.  And I was easily able to run just under 9 pace for the first mile.  So I just kept with it and really the whole run I was feeling good.  So I just hit 2 laps and decided to hit 3.  And when it was coming around to the 4th I just kept going.  I could of easily gone a few more miles on that recovery run.  But thought it was just a recovery run and to test how my legs and calves were doing.  And now that I am done I have no soreness at all in my legs.  Wish I felt that good for most of my runs let alone after running a marathon just a few days ago.  Total time 54:01  Avg pace 9:00

Went down to the park again.  It was nice and cool at 5:30pm so started out at a slower pace for the first mile felt good so I kicked it up a notch and kept it there for the rest of the run.  The last quarter I even picked it up more.  So had a good run.  Going to eat and turn in early so I can get a run in early tomorrow morning.  Here are my splits...

Mile 1 8:36

Mile 2 7:53

Mile 3 7:55

Mile 4 7:53

Mile 5 7:40

Mile 6 7:47

Mile 7 7:42

Mile 7.5 6:49

Total time 58:53 Avg 7:51

Had a great morning run.  The stars were nice to see and it was nice and cool.  Today is my B-day so I treated myself to a nice early run.  And it was great.  Just 2 loops around the blocks.  Was a good pace too.  I feel my normal runs are picking up in speed.  So my overall speed is coming up. Avg pace 8:36 total time 51:35

Walked to the ReAL soccer game and back for about 4 miles total.  Didnt get a run in.

Went down to Liberty Park and ran a few laps.  It was quite wet and humid.  But wasnt to bad overall.  Starting to recognize a few people down there now.  The pace was nice and steady for the run.  Avg pace 8:26 total time 1:24:39