Monday, December 6, 2010

Four weeks on...

.. and I'm still struggling. I'm not doing any intervals or hard running and am still waiting for my body to give me the green light. I'm taking a day off every 2 or three days in the hopes that my endocrine system will repair itself enough to enjoy my running again. All  of my runs are aerobic (although some are not as aerobic as I'd like them to be!) between 4:25 and 4:50 pace, but the HR is still very high. I have had one good one where I felt almost normal but that has slipped again.

I guess other people get hammered in other ways, I seem to get nailed in the endocrine department. My legs feel great - since the DOMS subsided 3 or 4 days after the marathon I haven't had any leg pain whatsoever - this is part of the problem. They want to go, but my body doesn't.

Anyhow, I ordered my photos last week so in the next week or so I should be able to put up a gallery of the best ones, including some fantastic shots of the marathon and NYC sights.

3 comments:

DB on the run said...

i know how you feel!
since my 2 week lay off from the bike crash where i cracked my rib and tore alotta of skin and got whiplashed neck ive now come up with bad stomach bug!
now 3.5kg lighter and still feel terrible!
just wanna be healthy!

attitude running said...

it took me 12 weeks after perth marathon to be 100% again, just stick at it! itll come around before u know it

DC64 said...

Thanks AR, it's good to know I'm not the *only* one! It seems everyone I know run marathons and then just pick it up a few weeks later, stronger than ever.

Hey DB, hope you're starting to feel better. Couldn't be worse, right? That was a nasty crash!