Everything Counts

No running - my legs but especially my knee could use some off days. I felt pretty good immediately after the race but that 5 hour drive to Vegas, sleep, and then 7 hour drive the next day really tightened the legs up a ton. And by Sunday afternoon in the car almost home my knee was pretty sore and tender.

I am the most confident I've been to date that I don't HAVE to qualify for trials via half marathon route. I used to think if I wanted to go I'd have to break that 1:05, because 2:18 seemed out of reach. But now both seem obtainable.

I am anxious to get going again but really need to exercise patience and caution this week and get healed up. I'm historically terrible at taking downtime after marathons but I will try my best.

2.15 very light miles to get some blood flow to the leg muscles followed by another mile of walking, abs, stretching (which happens like once a year for me), and some pushups.

1 mile walk, 1 mile jog, and another 1 mile walk with Dave on base. Legs feeling a lot better and I'd consider resuming running tomorrow lightly, but I think the knee still needs time. We'll see tomorrow...play it by ear.

3 miles easy with Dave. We were planning on a walk, but it was pouring rain and we would've gotten way too cold. My legs weren't sore, but they were TIRED. Also my knee is not back to 100%.

So, with that in mind I think I'm shutting it down completely the rest of the week. I was going to pace Amy in the 10-miler, but now I don't think it's a good idea. I've had a few miles of easy jogging that has brought blood to the muscles and helped with recovery. But for the rest of the week I don't see a benefit anymore to slow jogging. So, nothing until Monday I think is going to be the plan and I really hope the knee is better by then.

If you're looking for some good reading material check out Bryant Jensen's race report of the Woodlands Marathon last Saturday. The race didn't go anywhere near as well as he hoped but he keeps a positive attitude and it sounds like he's learned something too:

Bryant's Report

No run - resting knee.

No run. Resting knee. I had a fun time spectating the Strider's 10-Miler and taking photos. Here's a link to the pictures.

My knee is more sore now that it was any other time this week. This is the first day that I can feel it when not running. Boo. I will continue to nurse it and see how I feel on Monday.