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April 11, 2006
Recovering
I have to admit that I am not as sore as I usually am after a long run but I am as tired as I usually am after a long run. The parts of me that are sore and ache are the odd part. My body has thrown a curve ball at me but then again besides the 100k, I ran 2 years ago on pavement and the marathons I have done this is the longest pavement run I have ever done. Well, the first place I am most notably sore is in my right wrist because of carrying the water bottle; this is a little pathetic and embarrassing. Secondly, I am sore in my knee joint but I have to admit this may be caused by the bike ride I did Sunday afternoon after the long run. Around 5 p.m. on Sunday I road 14 miles on my bike because it was so sunny and warm out and I thought it would feel nice on my legs and surprisingly I had the energy and motivation, a great sign after feeling horrible all week. Well my knee aches in the area that tends to hurt when my bike pedal clips are on too tightly. I really did not stop and unclip all that much but it is the same area that does that motion that hurts so I am very frustrated about that because that was avoidable. I learned an important lesson: specificity, focus on one aspect of training on an intense training day such as Sunday was. The last place I am sore is in my foot where my foot flexes up. I noticed this was bothering me a bit on the run and I would stop and loosen my laces and figit with it, I did this two or three times and finally just forgot about it. Apart from the wrist ache, knee ache, and flexion ache, I am just tired.
I ran a mile with the middle level students on Monday and did not demonstrate anything. The thought of jumping was painful. I then ran an easy three miles on the fields and trails around our school. It felt ok but I did not have any desire to do more. It was just really nice to be outside because it was about 60 degrees.
Today I ran a mile with the middle level students and then ran five miles with two of the high school athletes. We ran a very easy pace. I thought they would have trouble keeping up with me but I had to slow down to keep up with them. I am definitely feeling better, my knee ache is gone but my wrist and foot flexion pain is more pronounced, I think it is DOMS: delayed onset muscle soreness. I cannot complain too much because usually it is my quads that are aching and considering I have a major quad problem that is not noticeable right now, I am happy.
I guess the reality for my training is what Blondie suggested that I would have to back off before my long runs and after my long runs. The focus of my training will have to be those long runs and the middle week in between the long runs so that my body does not break down. I wish it were warm enough to swim because going in a warm lake right now would feel so nice. Tomorrow I may try my first morning run for the week if I wake up and am not sore.
Posted by mary at April 11, 2006 5:29 PM