You hear that as you get older that it takes longer to recover from a race.
I think generally that's true, but it doesn't help when you egg it on by just jumping in and running the distance.
Monday evening, I didn't get a chance to get out and walk or run. The top outside parts of my quads were pretty sore so I rode my Air Assault bike for a half hour (9.9 miles).
Last night I went out to Volte Endurance Training's track night - the first of two - and simply brisk-walked with the goal, of course, to break a sweat (no leisurely stroll).
Lane 5 - 4:08.76, 4:05.30, 4:04.87, 4:04.56 = 16:23.49 (1.061 miles)
Lane 5 - 4:03.57, 4:04.04, 4:02.25, 4:02.22 = 16:11.88 (1.061 miles)
Lane 5 - 4:02.89, 4:02.03 = 8:04.92 (0.53 miles)
2.652 miles in total in 32:35.31 for a 15:20 pace.
After my daughter, who was able to come out to the track and run, was finished, we went to Jason's Deli for dinner and then I got on my rower, which I need to do more of, and the bike.
I shared my list of half marathons - 154, in total - on Facebook last night with the number that I've done and the average time. (The one year I did Leadville, I took that out of the average. That was actually 14-plus miles at 10,000 feet elevation. An outlier for sure.)
I had told Waverly that I maybe wanted to get to 200 and then call it a day at that distance, but a little bit of an uptick of weight after messing my left knee up some and COVID slowing me down had thrown a curve into me only doing four half marathons this year, including three before May 15.
So, I went 11 minutes on the rower for 2,015 meters and then 10.5 miles on the Air Assault bike for 31:42.
Will head out for four plus miles tonight, Wednesday, and then help my daughter wrap up Christmas shopping.
I think we're going to run our four-mile route Friday morning after she does her Camp Gladiator workout and then we'll host Run The Woodlands 5K for Fleet Feet on Saturday morning.
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