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May 22, 2005
What to Do Now?
At the moment, I am in quite a quandry as to what to do. It is definitely a case of the post-marathon let down. This marathon was not planned, well not really. Sure, I knew for about 3 weeks that I was going to do it, but it is nothing like the typical 16 to 18 week build-up. I think that I liked it better this way, there was not all-consuming, all or nothing mentality to it. Even with all of this, I still have the "OK, I did the marathon, now what?" kind of feeling. I know that recovery comes first. I'd kind of like to do some kind of event over Memorial Day weekend, but there really is not anything around here. The race I used to always do is over (the family was raising x number of dollars for a scholarship and has reached their goal). The race I did last year I will never do again, it had four turns on cones, not fast and boring!! There actually is not any race I'm interested in until close to the end of June. I would like to find something between now and then to do, just for the fun of it.
I think that over the summer I'd like to work on my speed and then attack my 5K and 10K PRs. My speed is almost nonexistent. It has been pretty dead for about a year and a half now. In a few weeks we'll do our annual mile time trial. Running a 5:30 mile almost kills me. Somehow, I have been able to put together 3 5:45s... If I run an 80 second quarter, I am done. The 5K PR will be tough to achieve, the 10K should be able to come down. In the next few weeks I'll start thinking about my fall racing season. The summer races don't interest me that much. I can't get too excited about paying $20 to run a slow time because of the heat and humidity.
Recovery has been going pretty well. I ran a whopping four miles on Saturday morning. There were a million yard sales in the development I run in, so I was dodging cars. One of the older men I run with lives in this development and I ran into him backing out of his driveway, so I had to stop and talk for a while. Getting started again was tough, my legs definitely tightened up during the break. I rode our basement stationary bike for 50 minutes when I got home.
This morning involved another grand four miles. The weather all week has been so nice that I wish that I could run more. I can feel my pace picking up to my usual pace again, but it definitely is taking more out of me. I think that my grand total for the week was between 13 and 14 miles. I am feeling very fat and out of shape now. I better watch out that all the new clothes that I have splurged on won't fit anymore!
I went for my post-race massage yesterday. The massage therapist commented that my legs were not too bad considering what I had done the week before. They may not have been too bad, but they were definitely "crunchy" in my opinion. The massage helped quite a bit, my range of motion feel much better now. The blister was ready for surgery last night, so I operated on it. There is now what looks like a big hole, but a lot of the tingling is gone. Not completely gone, but it is much better than before.
Posted by Blondie at May 22, 2005 05:16 PM