Nate's Blog

No run today. Didn't want to overwork the legs after TOU saturday. I will tell you though... That supplement I have been taking REALLY reduces the soreness post-marathon. Here it is, only Monday and I have only mild pain in my calves. I jogged a bit as I went through the day and no tightness or pain. Only when I put pressure directly on the muscle such as massaging with my fingers is there any sign of soreness!

Past Marathons I have had my wife rubbing my entire leg for at least a week and was not able to run for at least a week and two weeks with no pain!

Flu yesterday and today with fever... No run. But as of today no soreness at all... quite amazing considering my personal history with the marathon...

Okay... first test of recovery. 8 miles. Ran from my house to formaster, the first 1.5 were at about 6:30 pace as I woke up a few minutes late and missed my running partner but saw him ahead of me a quarter mile. So I ran a little faster to catch up. We then ran up foremaster and all the way to the top at the north end, a good, steady, uphill climb for about 1.5 miles. Then down to Sunrise tire, left onto river road and down to hospital to run up and over foremaster again and then back to my house.

Happy to report no stiffness, soreness, or any other pain including joints and such. A good test of recovery. I am getting excited for December when I can hopefully pick up my mileage to 50-60 MPW and see what the day to day recovery is like. Early this year I was not that consistent but had many good weeks and I was sore every day and never really could fully recover...

Fun 5K this morning. It was my speed workout for the week...

Ross Decker and his sons were there and so I was really hoping to beat them. I haven't raced many 5K's on fresh legs so I was excited to see what I could do.

Race started and I went out about 5:30 pace. There was a group of 5 or so of us with  me at the lead. The race started out in a neighborhood and made a few turns with some downhill spurts. I decided to try to put some distance on the downhill between me and the others. After a mile I did have a few feet on them. Then we hit about a mile and a quarter stretch of pretty level distance on riverside dr before the end which was mostly slight uphill. I didn't want it to turn into a race at the end so I tried to put a little more distance here which I did. Passed my house with my wife and kids cheering me on as the only spectators along the course other than the aid station. pushed hard up the little hills and got back to the finish area with quite a bit of a lead and was releived enough to let myself slow up a bit...