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September 20, 2004
Recovery
Yesterday was a very rough day. For some reason I always end up sick after long races. I really did not want to eat at all since my stomach was so unsettled and crampy. The little bit that I did eat made me feel better, but I had no desire to put any food in my mouth. My left ankle was also throbbing all day. There wasn't any swelling, but I was walking with a definite limp. The fact that I still have a blister on my right heel from wearing heels that rubbed the back of my foot earlier in the week wasn't helping too much.
This morning I hobbled into the shower. I limped terribly from the car into school. The nurse was telling me over and over that I was limping. I even wore running shoes to work. As the day went on the limp started to subside. Around noon I got a splitting headache, probably from the lack of eating yesterday. I came home and took some Advil and iced. I also tried to nap some, but couldn't fall asleep. By the time I was getting ready to leave for the track, my limp was almost gone. The little bit of stretching I did helped too. I think that my hamstrings were so tight that it was affecting my gait in general.
I had no intentions of running a workout today. I had to give a race report and some easy running. I did the warm-up, which is about 2.5 miles. Then I did 8 laps on the track easy, with the backstretch as a strider. Then I did the warm-down, which is the same as the warm-up. My legs are definitely beat up from yesterday. I want to get a massage, but I don't think that my legs will be able to handle it until at least Wednesday. They still feel awfully sensitive.
Right now I'm sitting with ice on my hip. It was on my ankle and shin earlier. I wanted to do an ice bath yesterday, but I felt too sick to go out and get ice. Tonight I'm going to empty the ice bucket into a bag so that I can use it tomorrow. Most of this week is going to be on the easy side to recover. I hope that this is an indication of some good races to come. I still am not sure what other races I am going to do this fall. There are two that I know are going to be on my schedule, but I'd like to find a few others.
Posted by Blondie at September 20, 2004 07:53 PM
Comments
I was a little busy this weekend so I didn't get to properly offer congrats on the PDR. I'm glad you're getting a little positive feedback for all your hard work.
Posted by: jenandmats at September 21, 2004 09:53 PM