hot & humid! Ran 6 @ Memorial Park in Houston with my wife (1 was @ MP on my own).
Pretty happy with recovery. It was different than a marathon recovery - in a marathon my muscles are usually all torn up, and that's what takes forever. With this, my muscles were a little sore, but it was joints, tendons, etc, that took the beating from the race. On Monday I could barely get my shoes on for work, because my feet and ankles were all swollen. So I had a couple ouchies to work out this morning but felt great after that.
Last bit of wrapup from the 50 - equipment... Headlamp went fine...even though I hadn't used one before the race, there's obviously not much to it. Shoes - although they worked out well this time, I'd say no more Saucony road shoes in trail races. I killed another pair:
So I'm shopping...might have settled on New Balance MT101 - they are ~7.5 oz but have a nice big 10mm heel-to-toe drop; they are also supposed to be good on all kinds of trails. My Achilles/lower calves were getting sore toward the end, and I think less minimal might be better. Also definitely getting a handheld water bottle, if for no other reason than to do the aid stations faster.
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