The day after the marathon I wrote a really long race recap. I read it to my family, they said it was too negative and that I would scare people away from running a marathon. That blog post unfortunately did not make the blog.
Here is the thing. I did enjoy the race. There were certain aspects I did not enjoy after mile 18, but as I read other blogs I realize most people don't have anything nice to say after mile 18…sometimes even earlier! I read about the rest period after a marathon. The suggestion was no running for 4 to 7 days. They suggested doing cardio you otherwise would not do, something just for the fun of it. I, unfortunately, did not even do that. What I did do was strength training 2 days, and core/stretching 1 day this week. I cleaned my house like mad and did a whole lot of eating. Not because I was hungry, but because I was really wanting to indulge.
The thing that is troubling me is that I need to jump right into training for another Marathon in October (Portland Marathon), but before that I got tantalized by the medal for the Flat Half this year. I run that every year and was going to forego it this year, but the medal was just too pretty! Here's the problem. I am not sure how to train with only two weeks in between. I have my idea that I am going to go with, but am just a little nervous.
I have a five mile run tomorrow. It has been 6 days since I have hit the streets. Tomorrow I have five miles to run. I am nervous about it. I feel confident that I can do it, but just wonder if it will be easy like the five's I was doing before, or if it will be long and taxing. ALSO, my client and I have decided to use the Galloway Method for the Marathon, so that's got me a little creeped out. Taking walk breaks on purpose will be new to me.
I have heard of post marathon let down where people feel like they accomplished something big, then it's like "what next?" I can only imagine that this is the lunacy that leads to more marathons then to, gulp, ultras. But what I wonder is if it is normal to feel afraid of getting back into training, because I used to feel that way after running half marathons.
Jolene
Here is the thing. I did enjoy the race. There were certain aspects I did not enjoy after mile 18, but as I read other blogs I realize most people don't have anything nice to say after mile 18…sometimes even earlier! I read about the rest period after a marathon. The suggestion was no running for 4 to 7 days. They suggested doing cardio you otherwise would not do, something just for the fun of it. I, unfortunately, did not even do that. What I did do was strength training 2 days, and core/stretching 1 day this week. I cleaned my house like mad and did a whole lot of eating. Not because I was hungry, but because I was really wanting to indulge.
The thing that is troubling me is that I need to jump right into training for another Marathon in October (Portland Marathon), but before that I got tantalized by the medal for the Flat Half this year. I run that every year and was going to forego it this year, but the medal was just too pretty! Here's the problem. I am not sure how to train with only two weeks in between. I have my idea that I am going to go with, but am just a little nervous.
I have a five mile run tomorrow. It has been 6 days since I have hit the streets. Tomorrow I have five miles to run. I am nervous about it. I feel confident that I can do it, but just wonder if it will be easy like the five's I was doing before, or if it will be long and taxing. ALSO, my client and I have decided to use the Galloway Method for the Marathon, so that's got me a little creeped out. Taking walk breaks on purpose will be new to me.
I have heard of post marathon let down where people feel like they accomplished something big, then it's like "what next?" I can only imagine that this is the lunacy that leads to more marathons then to, gulp, ultras. But what I wonder is if it is normal to feel afraid of getting back into training, because I used to feel that way after running half marathons.
Jolene
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