Feeling a Bit Better

I've been trying to take it easy the last week or so and recovery from my rough day at the Rochester Marathon.  I've been going to the gym and lifting weights.  I haven't run much, but I've used the elliptical and stationary bikes. 

Today I drove out to Newark to run with my friend that ran the Greenlakes 50k and the Rochester Marathon with me.  The plan was a nice and slow 8.5 miles with a few small hills. 

The run was very uneventful.  We kept it slow and chatted.  Around mile five my knee started getting uncomfortable, but not bad.  We plugged along until about mile 7.5 and started to walk as a cooldown.  The run was slow, but it felt good to do a few miles.  I'm going to take a few more days off before getting into training again.

A Little Sore, But Feeling Good.

I'm starting to feel the effects of Sunday's long run at Mendon Ponds Park.  My hips and butt are pretty sore.  Not the agonizing, unable to walk sore, but I feel them with every step.  Going too long on last night's recovery run probably didn't help.  Tonight I will be sure to go short and slow.

Recovery Run Plus

Tonight's plan was to take a little 45 minute, very easy run on the treadmill.  Since I'm not a smart man and don't plan very well it didn't happen that way.  My 45 minutes came to an end at about 9:25 PM.  Big Bang Theory comes on at 9:30.  This is the only show on TV that I have to watch.  I didn't want to miss the beginning on my drive home so I stayed on the treadmill a while longer.

In the end I ran 8 miles in 80 minutes.  This is a very comfortable 10 minute per mile pace, but longer than I expected to go.  Hopefully I won't feel too bad tomorrow because of it.