Recovery

It is slow.  Slower than I ever anticipated.  It's Saturday and I can bend my left knee past ninety and I can do stairs without wincing, but the quads are still sore.   Quads were even swollen on Friday - a full four days post race.  Now that's a new experience!  

But I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.  That's what I'm marveling almost a week post-run - I ran the first 16 miles at an 8:45 minute mile - that's sub-3:50 marathon pace.  That's not really a big deal except that the first half of the race, though a net downhill, is rolling hills.  And so to run that consistent and that fast really is amazing to me.

To aid the recovery I'm taking long walks with Sydney - enjoying spring - because it's FINALLY arrived here in Colorado Springs and looking forward to a run sometime soon.