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November 10, 2004
Two Easy Days and Finally Some Running
Thanks to everyone commented about my recent marathon. It was a great experience and an exciting marathon. I highly suggest running it or watching it live if you have not already done so.
Monday's Day of Rest
On Monday I took the day off from running to rest up from the marathon and give my blister an extra day to heal. The blister already looked about 50% better by Monday because it was only one layer thick.
I took the 9:07 a.m. train back to Milford and drove to my parent’s house to visit my Grandfather before heading back up to school. My Grandfather wanted to know if I won the marathon. I told him that I let Paula Radcliffe win this one and maybe I could try to win the next one. It was really nice to visit with him. I then picked up some sandwiches and met my Mother and Brother for lunch and told them about my weekend in NY. They wished they had been there with me.
I arrived back on campus around 3 p.m. for our cross-country practice. The women were doing their last hard workout of the week. They were running 4 hard 800's on the gravel path that goes around the athletic fields. I walked around the gravel path while they were warming up to shake out my legs and they felt pretty good. My left hamstring was a bit sore as well as my calf but otherwise I felt fine. The women had a good fast workout.
I stayed up much too late on Monday night finishing up some assignments for Tuesday that I had not worked on over the weekend. By the time my head hit the pillow I was sound asleep.
Tuesday - Power Walking and Lifting
Tuesday's are my busy day at school. I have three classes in a row, followed by work, and then coaching. I usually am not finished until around 7 p.m. This Tuesday however, we did not have practice. I was so thankful because it meant I could get to bed early.
When I finished working at the library I came home and was about to go running. One of my roommates thought I was crazy to be running two days after a marathon and convinced me to go power walking with her. I decided that was probably a good idea and we power walked the cross-country course. It was very cold outside and my lungs were actually burning a bit from the cold weather. When I finished the walk I went to the gym and lifted for a half hour but did not do any leg exercises. I felt really good after the power walk.
Wednesday - Pool Running and 50 minute P.M. Run
On Wednesday morning I met Alison for a very relaxing and enjoyable pool run. We were in the pool for about an hour and I got to hear some first hand reports of the marathon week in New York City. The time flew by this morning and I wished I had had more time to catch up with Alison. I am going to be running with Alison in her hometown on Friday on some trails so I am very excited about that event.
After practice with the team I decided to go for an evening run. It was dark and very cold by the time I went out for my run. Initially I was not that motivated to run because of the cold temperatures and the darkness. However, I then realized that I'd be getting good experience running in the cold weather in preparation for the 50k race in Indiana. I decided I needed to figure out what type of cloths to wear when it was about 30 degrees out. I wore some tights, a long sleeve shirt, a hat, and a vest. I felt comfortable in this and was able to run for about 50 minutes. The first 15 minutes I was running much faster than I intended. I had to remind myself to slow down. I think I was trying to warm up. I slowed down a lot in the second half and in the last 10 minutes of the run I realized my left calf was pretty sore. I stretched it really well when I returned from the run. Apart from the tight calf I felt pretty good and by the time I was done with the run I was very warm.
Posted by mary at November 10, 2004 10:23 PM
Comments
nice job getting back out there...
how is your calf feeling now?
keep up the good work maribell
Posted by: mary at November 11, 2004 1:53 AM
Is this 50K in Indiana the HUFF 50k by chance?
Posted by: Karly at November 11, 2004 3:29 PM
Hi Karly, It is the Huff 50k. Will you be there?
Posted by: mary at November 11, 2004 10:24 PM
I won't be running the 50K, I haven't quite evolved into that phase of running yet...but, I have done the 13 mile "fun run" the last couple of years, and if I can get out of work that day, I plan on going up.
Posted by: Karly at November 12, 2004 11:43 AM