Marathon Recovery
10/13/08 23:15 Filed in: Marathon
As part of our marathon recovery plan we slept late the day after and then didn’t accomplish much. The Fleet Feet running store was engraving marathon medals for free so we went over there and laughed at all the other people who walked stiffly and had trouble lifting their foot as high as the curb - just like us. The trickiest thing is negotiating stairs or sitting down in a chair - or even getting out of a chair. Basically we’re walking around as if we’re 95 years old while frequently popping Tylenol.
After lunch we went to get a massage, a very necessary thing after such an endeavor. I had the world’s best reflexology foot massage and then got on the table to get the kinks worked out of the rest of me. I’m happy to say that I have no problems with pain in ankles, knees or hips and just predictable stiffness from muscle fatigue which will be gone in a few days. I don’t even have a single blister on my feet. Really, I should probably run harder next time.
After lunch we went to get a massage, a very necessary thing after such an endeavor. I had the world’s best reflexology foot massage and then got on the table to get the kinks worked out of the rest of me. I’m happy to say that I have no problems with pain in ankles, knees or hips and just predictable stiffness from muscle fatigue which will be gone in a few days. I don’t even have a single blister on my feet. Really, I should probably run harder next time.
This was Chanel’s first marathon and yesterday immediately after it was over she refused to discuss the possibility of ever doing another one. But, just as with childbirth, the memory of pain fades quickly so she’s already talking about running again next year to beat her time. So now we're planning the outfits we'll wear for the Chicago Marathon in 2009.