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Today was my first real run post marathon. I finished with a sore calf and sore left knee, so wasn’t expecting much on today’s run. I stretched well before I left, tossed on a knee strap and took off. Whoa! No pain. I don’t mean “it hardly hurt” I mean NO PAIN! So I decided to push it a little more…still no pain! Sweet! Ran mile one in a not very impressive 10:27.

Found a great groove, marveling at no pain and mile two: 9:30.

Mile three: 9:27

Mile four: 9:05!

Now those aren’t my best times ever, but two days after a marathon, those are astounding for me. I did have some stiffness return to the calf towards the end. (I had to stop because I was bonking. I seriously underate the day of the marathon and that can leave me wonky for a few days. I had a biscotti and coffee and was back in business for the last mile.) I think the stop stiffened me up a bit.

Yay! I love it!

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 10/06/2009
• Time: 15:46:43
• Total Time: 00:38:50.84
• Calories: 382
• Distance: 4.03 miles
• Average Pace: 9:38.83/mile
• Max Pace: 6:31.23/mile
• Ascent: 485.29 ft
• Descent: 527.47 ft