On Juneathon the 24th, and the third day after the amazing experience that was TrailBlaster12, I have been extremely surprised by just how fast I appear to be recovering. (Touch wood) not a hint of the ITB injury I have been dealing with, next to no soreness in my legs at all, feet still a little tender, an occasional twinge in my left ankle. I think the fact I have apparently got off so lightly is not by accident though, and am continuing to be as careful about my nutrition and training as I was in the lead up to the event. Eating well (despite an uncanny lack of 'runger'), continuing with my foam rolling and stretching routine even though I may not feel like I need it and engaging only in steady active recovery seems to be working so I'm running with it. Well. I'm not running. Yet. see how sensible I am? Today, feeling pretty awesome and realising that I had without thought broken into a jog a couple of times in the park with my students (if you can't let your hair down enough to jump on a climbing frame or two on the last day of term, when can you!?) I did a slow gentle 15 minutes on the stationary bike and then the same on the cross trainer before some very sensible weights/core work and 20 slow lengths of the (small!) pool. All good. We shall see what tomorrow brings!
| And no, I still haven't got round to writing a proper race report. There's just too much to say to rush the job and to be honest, I'm still not sure I can articulate it well enough to do the experience justice yet. But I will do, and in the mean time, I would like to share this blog post and video of the day made by fellow ultramarathoner and constant source of runspiration, Autumn Howard, who has clearly been more organised than me in recording her reflections! Grab a cuppa and enjoy... | |
