The Next Step

I took off another day after the race on Saturday.  I had some soreness in my legs but not too bad.  I also had to travel to DC today for a conference so very busy.  I did do a good session of core work today which is something that I need to do more of.  The conference that I am attending is at the new Gaylord in DC which is really nice.  I found a good route to run in the morning so plan to get back after it.

Washington, DC: Cool and rainy this morning. I was still a little sore in my calf from the race but otherwise felt pretty good. Just took it real easy to continue the recovery. I am not going to jump back in to quickly so that I give myself plenty of recovery time. After that I really want to pick it up a notch so I want to be ready. Stood on my feet all day at the conference so that was no fun. One more day then head back home tomorrow night.

Washington, DC:  Nice morning for running around 55 and cloudy.  I felt a lot better today.  Pretty much back to 100% but just took it easy anyway.  I ran around National Harbor which is pretty and has some nice rolling hills.  The only bad thing is that it is a small area so if you wanted to run further you would have to go out onto the main roads.  Seems like a big convention center like that should have thought of running/walking trails.  I am glad to be heading back home tonight and am supposed to go with my daughter's class to a baseball game tomorrow as long as the weather is good. 

41:35 (8:19 avg)

Had some thunder storms in the night but luckily it stopped this morning and was pretty nice running weather (58, light wind).  I took yesterday off to go with my daughter on a school field trip then had a lot of house chores to do when we got home.  I had planned this to be a real easy week after the race and plan to get back on schedule next week.  I felt pretty good today but kept the pace nice and easy.  I am going down to my nephew's college graduation tonight so not sure about running tomorrow since the graduation is in the morning and will probably be visiting with family. 

62:41 (7:51 avg)