I had intended to only do this blog while I was training for the marathon but I have had a couple of people tell me they have enjoyed it and so I may occasionally do an update.
After the marathon I was incredibly sore, even more so than I expected to be. The week after I did minimal running, some walking and some on my stationary bike to try and recover. The Saturday after the race was the Scott County Steps for Pets 5k. It was the first race I did last year, the first I ever did in my life, and I really wanted to do it again this year. Considering my legs and the fact that I had just done a marathon I was not sure if I could do it. I decided to go and at least start, my time last year was 38 something so even if I didn't really try I should be able to beat that time. Chandler decided to do it with me so we lined up at the start line together. We stayed together for just a couple of minutes, I could tell that my legs felt strong so he told me to go ahead and off I went. It felt great, I felt great. Strong and my leg didn't hurt at all. I finished in 28:40 which is just a few second shy of taking 10 full minutes off last years time and was good enough to win my age group. Chandler also won his age group.
After that I knew I was going to be fine and I started thinking about the Iron Horse Half Marathon I am signed up for at the end of the month. I pulled out the training schedule Ernie gave me for the Lex Half and on Monday went out on my first training run for the Iron Horse. The runs went well so on Sunday I met Cherri for our long run of 13.1 miles before we start tapering. I like this, one week of training and now I am tapering again. The 13.1 was harder than I thought it would be, my legs began to yell at about mile 8 but I got thru it and feel pretty good the day after.
So there it is, I finished a marathon and kept on running. After the Lex Half I had a let down feeling, all that training and when it was over I didn't know what to do. Having another race to prepare for I think has helped me just keep going and so my next one is the Flying Pig Half Marathon in May in Cincinnati.
till next time
C
