Day 2, post-race. Life goes on.
My body has quit its most strenuous complaints against general motion, and today I got off my bum and ran an easy 3.1 miles. Way better average time than in the half, OR in the first 3 miles of the half, go figure, on an equally hilly course. Guess that’s what a good night’s sleep will do for you.
Clearly, it’s back to the grind. Having picked up and gone back to running actually has helped to ease tension and relax me, and in the heat following my jog I stretched well.
And now that I’m not substantially increasing mileage for the forseeable future (there might be a marathon ahead, and DEFINITELY another half, but not for a little while) I am shifting priorities for a while back to overall fitness with an eye toward weight loss. Who knows, maybe running a half marathon 5 pounds lighter will make that much difference in my time and energy level. Never can tell until I try.
I’m coasting on the “Holy crap I did it!!!” sentiment. I’m now further chuffed having dragged my sorry butt on a run I didn’t feel particularly inclined to do until it was already under way, and really proud of how good I feel RIGHT NOW.
Taking full advantage of the endorphin boost, I’m counting calories again, I am completely ditching my “chocolate for lunch” attitude of the last few weeks, and I’m gearing up to be cooking a lot – hot kitchen be damned! I have a very interesting food project on the horizon which you will be hearing about in due time (sooner rather than later, I hope.)
Right now, I’m scanning my to-do list (yes, I have one!) and seeing that I need to get busy. Daily grind, here I come.
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Okay, I STILL think that you should try for this:
http://uswts.com/
I can find you some peeps to run with…
And again, SOOOO proud of you.
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