Recovery Run

Let me just say you all are the bestest of the best! Thank you all very, very much for the comments. You all helped a lot! Seriously, I know I sounded like some ungrateful whiny 3 yr old (Yes, my 3yr old is whiny BIG Time) on my last blog entry. I'm very happy and grateful to be out there able to complete the half and know that there are not many people that do that sort of thing, plus ride the mileage I did the day after. I understand that and thank God everyday that I have that ability and some sort of fitness level to do that. I guess I was just down about how much fitness I lost, and I know I did it on my own. It's a little disappointing. I've had several people tell me and many of you blogged about how much I beat myself up. Yes, I know I do and believe me when I tell you all - that I am very happy to have done what I did this past weekend. I wish the cameraman would have gotten a picture of my smile coming into the chute after that bike ride. It probably was priceless. David could tell I was thrilled, not only to be finishing the (extra) long ride, but more so, have that sense of accomplishment of it and the day after running 13.1. I think that's one of the reasons we all do what we do.

And Lori, you're right - Virginia Beach is going to be our half!!! We almost signed up this past weekend. :-)

Lunchtime called for a recovery run. I wasn't feeling it, as my right calf is still very tight, but I know I needed to hit the pavement or ride my bike. At lunch time around where I live/work, it's better for the sake of traffic to run, IMO. Plus, the wind is just crazy: 52 degrees, gusts 23mph, wind 16mph. Oh well.

I ran an out and back, not my traditional 3 mile loop that keeps me on the same side of the freeway as my home, but I wimped out on doing the hilly loop and opted to cross the freeway and take the chance on getting hit by the loonies that enter and exit those ramps. Really, the area we run is full of some of the most horrible drivers. My right calf was very tight and other than the stops I had to make because of traffic, I stopped for a small few seconds a couple of times to massage my calf. The return leg was in your face heavy wind and it sucked.

3 miles - 29:39 (9:53 pace)
10:08
9:49
9:42

Tonight, I may be getting on the trainer to get in 35 min and I hope to go to the pool tomorrow for my first swim back in several weeks. Should be interesting.

Only 24 more days til my first tri this season. Time to turn up the workouts!

BTW - I'm going to be updating my blogger template. It's jacked up. I can't move the links button on the layout further down cause I can't even see it. So, I will be messing around with it some this afternoon.

Happy hump day ladies and gents!!!