And all I can think about it the TRT Ultramarathon. And going back to do it again. I was sore until about Wednesday. Really bad the first 48 hours. I couldn't step up or down off a curb without assistance. I couldn't walk normally. I'm sure I looked like the hunchback of Notre Dame hobbling around South Lake Tahoe. By Tuesday I was walking normally as long as there were no stairs involved.
After arriving back home on Tuesday, I had to work 4 days straight. That meant being on my feet all day long. In combination with a few short easy workouts (of the swim and spin variety) to shake out my legs, I was exhausted. My feet ached all day long and by the time I arrived home in the evening, I pretty much fell asleep the instant my ass hit the sofa.
Saturday was a half day and having a nap in the afternoon went a long ways toward relieving my feet of their perpetual ache. Sunday I hiked Camelback with a friend and aside from a little soreness on the descent I felt great. And still do.
I'm going to continue my easy swim/ spin routine until this weekend when I will attempt my first run back after 2 weeks off. I'm taking a couple of friends to hit an easy trail, introduce them to my favorite pastime. I'm excited thinking about next year and what I will do differently. I even had a brief moment where I considered running a local 100k so that I could qualify for the 100 miler for 2012. And then I remembered how I felt at 30 miles in, and 50 miles in and I'm not sure I'm ready for that just yet. There's crazy. And then there's just plain fucking insane.
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