Recovery

It's been 2 weeks since the marathon.

Most of my recovery took about a week and each day brought more relief to my sore legs. I felt like a little old lady in that week - hobbling around, avoiding stairs - but if felt wonderful to know that my first marathon was over & I hadn't quit mid race or dropped out.

My immune system was functioning pretty low and I caught a small cold, but it didn't last long. I had read that this typically happens to folks after a long endurance race and was encouraged to find that the hours of training invested seemed to aid in my body's quick recovery. After doing a little report at Garmin.com from my watch downloads, I found out that in 18 weeks of training I had ran over 73 hours and 400 miles!

While recovering, I've been working on some core strengthening & strength training. Finally felt ready to go out for my first easy (as in "take it easy", not "this will be easy") 3 miles yesterday. The first mile felt pretty good, but by mile 2 my knee was hurting & I had to head home.

So discouraging...

I know it will just take time & that this injury (with proper care & rest) will repair itself, but dude - I just want to run! :(