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September 19, 2005
Recovery Day
I don't know if it's just me, or if I'm just weird (I am, but that is a whole other story). I have such a hard time sleeping the night that I have raced. It does not matter that I am up way earlier than I would be on a "normal" day, I can't fall asleep and once I do get to sleep, I just toss and turn and end up waking up just as early the next day. This was the case last night. My stomach was still feeling funky when I went to bed and still had a bit of funk left all day. It just feels, unsettled, I guess is the best term.
Anyhow, that meant being up really early this morning. There was no chance of sneaking a double in today. It wouldn't be prudent. The extra 12 hours of recovery are way more important than getting some extra mileage in early this week. I walked half a mile (maybe a little more) round trip to the store to buy the Philly papers for the results of yesterday's race. I always save the newspaper clippings although I do not have a scrapbook going. That just takes too much effort. Until about 2 years ago I was diligent in putting everything into a scrapbook, but now I just don't have the desire to do it. One of these days I will, when the newspaper clippings are yellow and falling apart.
Tonight I wasn't doing the workout, not that it would have been a good idea after racing. During the warm-up, my legs definitely felt "crunchy". Once we got to the track, everyone else set off on their intervals and I did my 8 x 110 striders. The first three or four, my form felt choppy, but by the end I was starting to feel pretty smooth again. I did the warm-down, giving me 7 miles, plenty for a recovery day.
My neck and shoulders are the most sore part of my body. I think that I was bringing my shoulders way up towards my ears in the last miles of the race. This is one of my tendencies, even when my shoulders are relaxed, they are still higher than what is the norm. Everyone is just used to it now.
Thank you to everyone who had wonderful comments about yesterday's race. It is so much fun to get to do some of the premiere races in the country. I get jealous when anyone runs in a race with the big boys and girls. We have three of these races in Philly every year that I usually do. I could very easily go to others, but it would be so much more fun with other people, travelling alone isn't any fun!
Posted by Blondie at September 19, 2005 07:59 PM
Comments
A girl I ran with this summer would say that her body felt "jointy" on certain days. She tried to describe the feeling, but I never understood. I wonder if it's anything like having your legs feel "crunchy." Perhaps I have experienced these sensations but have different words for them :-)
I don't have trouble sleeping the night after a race (quite the opposite in fact), unless it is a marathon. The soreness involved has kept me up at night in the past, even when I only ran 16 miles in Boston this year.
Good luck recovering and I hope you're feeling good soon!
Posted by: Alison at September 20, 2005 07:34 AM