Richmond Marathon, November 12
I spent the first week post-Ironman on the beach, gorging myself on ice cream and wine. I spent the second week post-Ironman feeling sorry for myself, and attempting a 5 mile run that, shockingly to me, hurt pretty badly. I spent the third week post-Ironman trying to decide whether I’d do the Olympic Distance tri two weeks later. I spent the fourth week post-Ironman deciding that I wasn’t recovered enough to race another race, so I volunteered instead.
I’ve ridden my bike once and swam once since Ironman. I’ve run maybe 6 times, longest distance 9 miles. Running is slow, and not all that comfortable. I get sore really quickly.
I signed up for the Richmond Marathon on November 12, so I’ve got 7 weeks to get ready for it. Hopefully I can start getting some longer distance in this weekend. This will be my first marathon without a bike and a swim before it and I’m equally dreading it and excited for it. I’m also going to go back to lifting today, so here’s hoping that goes well too.
The cooler weather is perfect for running, not so great for biking. But I haven’t been eager to get on the bike much lately anyway. Here’s to fall and spending Sundays watching football instead of on an all day bike ride!
