Somewhat impulsively, I decided to sign up for the Southern Tennessee Plunge Marathon for this Saturday. It's a tiny marathon (last year there were only 60 finishers in the marathon!) in Winchester, TN (a place I've never heard of), between Chattanooga and Nashville. An additional upside is that I have a friend in Chattanooga who I may be able to visit before or after the race if our schedules end up meshing.
After my marathon on Saturday, I decided I would try running a short distance the day after the race, as I heard suggested somewhere through the grapevine that this could reduce soreness. I ran only about 2 1/2 miles on the treadmill Sunday, but I felt Much better on Monday, surprisingly enough. Hence, by Tuesday I felt mostly recovered and decided another marathon was in order!
I plan on approaching this marathon much the same way as the last one - to enjoy the process and treat it as a training run, rather than a race. Although I would like to go faster than the last one, because of course improvement is important to me, I don't plan on beating myself up either way. My goal is to improve my training and finish the race successfully, without any injuries.
This week I've been taking it easy. I ran the 2.5 miles on Sunday and then 3.5 yesterday, but that's it! I did go to my spin class on Tuesday and today, so I've gotten my cross training in. I honestly don't think running too many miles, at least this week, would be ideal, given that I'm doing another marathon. The three weeks prior to the Shoreline Marathon on Saturday I ran 10, 27 and 21 miles. Yeah, crazy that I went out and ran a marathon with stats like that!
Now off to get my hair cut and relax for the rest of the evening - or pack!
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