First post-Marathon run

4 miles 32:15

Wow. That was not very much fun...I waited 4 days, and when I finally got out for a run, it made me want to wait another 4 days...

I felt ok for the first couple miles. I walk a lot at work, so I figured my legs were recovering fine, but by the end of my 4 miles, my calves felt worse than at the end of the marathon. So tight and sore.

I'm cutting myself some serious slack when it comes to running right now. I didn't think I would rest this much, but now it's been 8 days, and I think I'll be ok coming back tomorrow or in a couple days. Probably sorter runs for this week. I had my eye on a cheap half-marathon in pueblo this december, but we'll see.

Anyone else familiar with the post marathon running pain? probably not that 50 marathons in 50 days guy...

eighth

4.5miles  in 34:15

I ran faster than I should have, considering a 3 day break this week (I was having some slight knee pain, and decided to consider walking around the hotel at work all day to be my "workout.")

but I was rested and wearing tights, so how could I not run a bit faster?

The lake/pond I ran around is 1.1 miles, so after 4 laps, I had to go extra and make it a sort of even. 4.5. It is some psychological thing. Either point-0 or point-5 for me. 

This will be the first week of not running 5 days. It worked out well to have a rest week when there was a lot of hours at work to be had.