Post-race let down?
Nope, still savoring the moment.
Can’t believe that I actually ran the NYC Marathon!!
Last Week –
- Monday – A busy recovery day in NYC. I got up early, had breakfast in the hotel. Then I had an appt. at RECOVER, followed by Lacey and I climbing the Vessel to take a picture with ours medals (what else?) Afterward we met Cari for a post race recovery lunch – Mazoh Ball soup and lox. Cari & I walked Lacey to the train and then took the subway to Jack Rabbit for more recovery and freebies before we separated. She took the subway back to her apt and I to Penn Station to catch my train home.
- Tuesday – Back home and at work. Still recovering but I had signed up for a yoga class (Cat Yoga) because I had taken it before (and it was fun) and I wanted to support my friend Judy who was teaching it as her first class.
- Wednesday – Still in supposed recovery mode though tempted to run. Good thing I had a chiro appt. She was surprised at how fast I bounced back. Not much for her to do. Lol.
- Thursday – Ok, enough rest. I wanted to take the post marathon legs out for a short run. But rain/snow thwarted that idea. Instead I went out to celebrate.
- Friday – I planned to get up early and run but 20 degrees. Yikes. Instead after work, I ran a loop at Ualbany and rushed home as I had to clean my house since I was hosting mah jongg.
My friends brought me delicious cupcakes to celebrate my marathon and I won several times. Good times.
- Saturday – Resting again due to a race the next day. Instead of a run, I went for a walk with my running friends, had brunch and then went on errands and to pick up my bib.
- Sunday – In a moment of insanity, I signed up for a local 15k race a week after my first full marathon. I didn’t know how it would go but I decided to do it since I love this race and what’s 9.3 miles compared to 26.2? Well, my legs weren’t as recovered as I thought so I took it slow and ran/walked it. Bumped into a lot of runners that I knew and even ran most of the race with someone.
This Coming Week –
- Monday – DAY OFF – run/walk
- Tuesday – run
- Wednesday – run
- Thursday – rest day, dinner with tennis friends
- Friday – rest day, mah jongg
- Saturday – run
- Sunday – rest
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Happy Running! How is your running going? What’s new with you? How long after a marathon have you rested? Please share.
Glad you haven’t felt the let down, most marathoners do! Also glad you’ve recovered so well. That’s awesome. I’m sure moving helped a lot.
Very sweet of your friends to bring you cupcakes. I suspect if I ever ran a marathon I still couldn’t eat allthefood. We all have our crosses to bear. 🙂
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great recovery week! savor it as long as you can! I wish I could have done cat yoga with you and Judy!
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I plan to! The cats were so cute!!
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Did not realize you were at Judy’s first class! How fun! Looks like a great week of recovery thanks for linking up
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It was hard to not run but I think I did the right thing.
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I’m glad you are feeling so good! That’s fantastic. And great to go to Judy’s cat yoga class. The U Albany football team was at our hotel Friday night. I think they were playing the Delaware Blue Hens on Saturday. 😉
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Did they win? My alma mater…
I was surprised at how good I felt…go figure.
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Sounds like a great recovery week! I am glad you are feeling good after your first marathon. You must be good if yu can climb the Vessel the day after your race! 🙂
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Felt fine. My legs were a little sluggish today.
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Glad recovery is going so well! I think you can thank your years of running half marathons for that. How nice of you to support Judy at her first class.
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Yup. That’s what friends do.
I’m am so happy to not get injured while struggling through 26.2 miles.
Back to my comfort zone.
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Great to hear your recovery has gone well so far. Recovery, like training, is a very individual thing…so you’re smart to just go with the flow and take things in stride (sorry, that was not meant as a running pun LOL).
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Yes I agree. Everyone is different. Those runners that were very sore most likely bran faster. I did a lot of walking before during and after.
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Yay cat yoga. That picture with the kitty is adorable.
Totally with you on no let down, but glad I have the Halfs too. And yes, my legs weren’t as recovered as I thought but the trail yesterday was magic once I warmed up. It was only six though.
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I may hit the trails today as the weather looks frightful in the coming days.
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Same. Running with Elizabeth tonight and then who knows the rest of the week. Come back fall!
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yes please…it’s in the 30s here with snow on the way. Say ‘Hi” to Elizabeth for me.
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That was smart to schedule the chiro and yoga for the week after the marathon. Yoga with cats sounds like a lot of fun! Though my cats sometimes seem to try to kill me when I’m doing yoga but hopefully these cats were nicer.
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The cats were adorable. I wanted to take them all home.
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It was probably a good thing the universe conspired to make you not run for a week, LOL. And cat yoga…I’d bring one home. One time I was shopping for yard ornaments and came home with the sweetest tiny orange kitty. He was a gift with purchase! 🙂
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I was tempted. The kittens were so cute. I signed up for another in a few weeks
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Looks like a great recovery week! Glad you’re feeling good!
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Me too. I was worried.
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That’s great that you were out there a few times running already this past week! Sounds like you were well training.
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For some reason, I recovered well, I guess.
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