March 27th, 2011. An enjoyable week of recovery from the marathon effort. The leg muscles were really, really stiff Monday and it was tough to complete a thirty minute run over lunch. Of course that was a mistake because I had dates screwed up – was supposed to have a rest the day after. But as miserable as I felt during the slog, it certainly loosened things up a bit. I could actually walk up and down steps afterwards!
No doubt about it though, I was clearly reveling in the joy of completing the marathon in decent time. Things loosened up a bit on Tuesday and I went out for another thirty minute run Thursday, completed at an 8:15 pace so it felt like I was quickly getting back on track. The recovery slid a bit today, however, as I only managed an 8:30 pace over a measly three mile jaunt.
I’ve read it can take six weeks to recover from running a marathon, but now I’m confronted with tackling a schedule to prepare for an ultra-marathon. Plan is to sneak a bit more mileage than laid out in the official “recovery plan” from my marathon book…but nothing outrageous.
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