Recovery has been my mantra this week. I knew it was going to be a stretch running a half marathon only 6 weeks before my marathon. And a stretch it has become. A stretch of quads, hamstrings, and calves.
My week started with a few days off, seeing as though it was a struggle to walk. I think the combination of a bad warm-up before the half and a mostly down-hill race with a little speed mixed in made for a long recovery. I went on a 5 mile, easy day today and felt absolutely horrible. My legs were tight in the first half mile and living in flagstaff means no flat ground...anywhere. I am obviously a little worried about my preparedness for the full marathon in january. If it was a struggle today to run 5 miles, its going to be a struggle to finish my long runs.
I did swim on thursday and rode my bike yesterday. I have not been totally dormant. I am thinking i need to add some more cross training to my schedule next week and resume full running by next weekend. Ultimately, i am regretting my decision to run the half, but seeing as though it was a friend's first race of any kind, i wanted to be there to support him and get a feel for my fitness at the same time. Its going to be all on time's shoulders to tell if i am going to be prepared for the full in 5 weeks, but the race organizers have an easy transfer of races: Just start in the half marathon. It might be a race week decision on which race i do.
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Sounds like we had similar weeks. I know there's specific training for downhill, but I didnt figure this was going to be enough to cause what it did. I hope you have a better week this week and I'll keep reading to see whether you decide to do AZ!
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