What's the most fun thing you can do the day after running a half marathon?
Massage ... no
Stay in bed all day ... no
Watch Britney's come back on the MTV Video Awards again again and again ... no
Give up?
Well let me tell you, nothing is more fun or physically enjoyable than running 3 miles the day after your half marathon. It's made me really excited about running the day after the marathon. I am almost peeing myself at the thought.
I tried to motivate myself with the inspiration of all those people who did IM Moo yesterday. That lasted 8 seconds. Then I convinced myself that Ironman would be way easier than my current situation.
Good news is my right hip and hamstring that were torturing me yesterday feel fine today. However, my quads have a wonderful streaded feeling.
I am loving my new ibuprofen induced life. It makes me happy. Imagine this post without my new drug dependency? I've seen the light, like I've found the holy grail. If I should get knocked up while I have my ibuproFUNon, I'm going to name the baby Motrin!
i'm glad you havent inspired me to run every day like you did Runner Susan. ;o)
i'm having a hard enough time of it as it is. but seriously... you my friend, DO inspire me. Just not to run every day.
but i figure if you can do that, then i can at least try not to let things that seem so overwhelming get to me so badly.
i'm certain if we lived in the same city, or even the same county, we'd be drinking buddies.
Ali--
How far does it have to be to count as a run? Do you have a minimum? Can you run to the mailbox and back the day after your marathon and count that?
Haha! Motrin's a great name. Haha!
They say runners are crazy...I think you may be where this idea came from...wait no, I mean, hmm ok we're all crazy. When we're hurt and sick and hugging toliets and still thinking about running, we are in fact crazy.
Ali,
Am thrilled for you with your PB! What a gutsy run after the hammie started screaming.
Glad I could introduce you to your new 200 mg friend. Thanks for trusting my advice.
So now it's time to recover for Chicago Marathon and go for your goal!
Thanks for the daily yucks on your posts!
OK...you're heading into the last few weeks before Chicago. I'm currently dealing with all out taper mode, so I can't quite do any calculations requiring substraction or addition or even counting weeks for that matter... Are you tapering yet?
ha! and you'll pretend baby Motrin's nanna is Aleve?