I had to do this sooner or later. First run after marathon. 2 easy miles on the treadmill. I warmed up on the bike first then did lots of other stretching and warm up. Legs felt pretty good, took it nice and easy. I wanted to go faster but I kept it slow. A little bit of tightness in the lower calf of my right leg. I'm am going to start using the new Shoe Manager feature today, I was excited to see it show up - thank you Sasha! This is a pretty cool site where everyone knows the person running it by name, not just some impersonal email to "webmaster" :)
After the marathon my quads felt it the most and I didn't really notice anything going on with my calf. Tuesday's massage helped a lot to get my quads fixed up. I think the calf issues will work itself out in a few days. Yesterday I remembered that I do have a race coming up in a few weeks, and although it is not listed as one of my goals, there is a goal attached to it. The St. Pete Times Turkeytrot Wingding 5K is a pretty big race with around 15,000 runners in it. It's not chip timed and they only list the top 125 men and top 125 women (up from 100 in past years). I missed top 125 last year. Sub 20:00 will probably get me there, I'd love to PR (sub 19:46) and possibly break 19:00. The course starts with a gentle downhill on the first mile, flattens out for the second and has a small hill in the third mile. They are having two start times this year, one for runners and one for walkers, so that should help with some of the congestion. There is also a prize for being in the top 125 - a coffee mug! We have been doing this race now for a number of years. This year, I'll do the 5K, then do the 1 mile run with the kids, and Jenny is going to do the 10K and maybe also win a coffee mug (for 10K women, might be in top 125 with sub 51:00, definitely with a sub 50:00).
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