Recovery Run

Today was a 4 mile recovery run.
 I have never ran this soon after a marathon,
 I usually take at least one week off as recovery. But since I kept my pace over 10:30, notice how I turned a sentence from I ran a really slow marathon to I kept the pace slow :)
I was not feeling great about this run woke up with a sore throat and have some soreness still in my hamstrings. But I got dresses and headed out the door, thinking at minimum maybe a good sweat could help get this cold moving on out of my body. The first mile was stiff but OK, but it was in the 3rd mile that I had to really push and focus to keep myself moving. Which I was not expecting --I would have thought the first mile would have been the hardest. 
Hopefully it means my body is reacting well to maintaining a higher mileage

I have 446.36 miles so far this year with 1 week at 4 miles (I had the flu) and the other lowest was a 16 mile week.   Hope I am not speaking too soon ......

Illinois Marathon 04/28/2012

Passing the Time

So what do you do before work  two days before a marathon when you don't run? 
Get your house cleaned right?
5:30 laundry folded 
5:45-6:15 kitchen cleaned
6:15-6:30 bathroom cleaned 
6:30-7:30 get ready for work
7:30-7:45 make lunch 
7:45-8:15 mop all floors while backing myself out of the house to get dressed for work on the porch so I don't have to walk on the wet floor  


And that my friends is why it is called Taper Madness :)


Run Strong !
 
 

Tiny Taper

I am doing a tiny taper this week for the Illinois Marathon on Saturday its going to look like this 

Monday -4
Tuesday -4 + Thunder Thigh Tuesday
Wednesday - 4
Thursday - Rest
Friday - Rest  
Saturday - Marathon


Weather is looking quite warm & rain  for Saturday so I will also be hydrating all week  


Run Strong!

Back to Reality

Highlights from our weekend getaway to Chicago 

Hassle free train ride up resulting in

$3.00 extra per ticket to buy or tickets from the conductor on the train

  44 oz diet coke spill

B & N posing one more time for me - I must get better at taking pictures or I am going to lose my subjects

View from our room B got an upgrade I am a sucker for upgrades

The rest of the days we spent here

Consuming a lot of this

                                 

There was an 8 mile run but it was raining and windy so no pictures

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