Day 4,294—Recovery II—

 

        I had class last night until 8 p.m. My work day never slowed down. I didn’t eat lunch and still didn’t get everything done that I needed to. I stayed after to finish some homework for class and then went home to get my kids. I knew this week was going to be tough, but not how physically demanding it would be for me to jump from one thing to the next. Although I did the right thing by taking the Friday before the race off to help myself recover, but that made yesterday even more hectic than usual.

        After class, I read to my daughter and put her to bed and lay down next to my son to help him go to sleep. I woke up an hour later and went downstairs to tell my wife I was going to bed. We would usually stay up a little later and watch something on TV. It was our only repast away from the kids, but tonight I couldn’t keep my head up and went to bed fully clothed.

        This morning, everything was a struggle, but I ran! It wasn’t easy, and I kept reworking plans in my head to justify running in the afternoon instead, but I knew that wasn’t going to make me feel better. I also tried to convince myself it was okay to take another day off work, but I knew that wasn’t going to help things either. I compromised with myself by letting myself not write Part II of the Shippey. After all, I still have the video to work on and my write-up to complete on top of everything else, but I am so out of sorts right now to prioritize that, even though I knew the longer I wait to finish, the more difficult it would be to remember. My goal will be to work on miles 20-60, so I won’t be that far behind. The second lap was fun in a lot of ways, but it was the beginning of the end of my going at a faster pace. At the end of the second loop, I switched to poles and slowed down significantly, and was not able to recover and go at a faster pace. That’s another thing I also still need to focus on: recovery. I got another one of these to run in March, and I want it to go well. I also want to take better pictures. I don’t love this one. I took this morning or yesterday morning, and there were some great shots during the race that I missed. I just wasn’t in a headspace to slow down and take them.