Freethinker ~ Freerunner

Easy 10.  8:11 AP.  50 degrees. Wind 8 mph.  Heavy mist. 

I realized this morning that I'm still recovering from the marathon.  I feel good, but I can tell that my muscles, ligaments, and other body mechanics are not quite ready for running long and hard.  That's ok because I'm really enjoying this December running easy and relaxed.  

6 miles at recovery pace.  8:20 AP.  18 degrees. 

I am having a hard time typing because my fingers are still numb.  The moon looked awesome.  It was very low over the eastern horizon and the lit portion was only a sliver, but because it was still dark and because of it's position I could still see the whole thing.  There was a large star right next to it.  It looked really cool.  

With regard to marathon recovery, my body is feeling much better after this run.  My left achilles was feeling just a little strained, but that was about it.  

30 degrees. 7:47 AP.  Wish I had more time to blog this morning.  

8 mile aerobic run with striders at the end.  7:49 AP.  51 degrees.  

This was a weird morning on temperature.  I woke up expecting low 40's upper 30's, but all my weather apps and the phone number for time and temp said 51.  The other weird thing was that the wind was blowing at 16 mph, but the wind chill was non-existent.  The feels like temp was also 51.  My weather app has been wrong before and I've had to call time and temp as a backup, but this morning I thought even time and temp was wrong because it was so cold in my house.  

I went ahead and wore shorts with a long sleeve thermal.  Mistake.  It really was 51, and it really was windy but it was not a cold wind.  This time of the year in Oklahoma is so strange.  The morning low temperature was 18 on Tuesday.  Four days later I'm too warm. 

As far as the run is concerned I felt really good.  I think I'm still in pretty good shape from the marathon training.  I average 7:49 with an average heart rate of 155, which is within my recovery heart rate zone.  I only really exceeded the recovery zone on the big hills and during the striders at the end. 

I'm glad it's the weekend.  This was been a long, but also a prosperous week.  I'm ready to get to work today and finish this week so I can get to my long run tomorrow morning and enjoy my Sunday.