Recovery
A very big THANK YOU! to everyone that took the time to read my very long race report and send your congratulations my way. It’s very touching to hear from all of you and amazing to have such support from folks that I’ve never even met. The power of the Internet, I tell you!
Normal life is slowly falling back into place. Four days later, and I’m still a little sore although walking considerably better than I was on Monday or Tuesday. I don’t look at stairs and street curbs anymore wondering how on God’s good earth I’m going to make it all the way down there. I did have some pretty bad ITB pain in my right leg for those first two days, but the swelling must have gone down because it’s not there anymore. I’m still icing and I’m going to stretch when my muscles aren’t sore, but I won’t be running for at least a couple weeks. I don’t want to mess around with nasty ITB pain for months like I did last fall/winter.
I’m sure some of you have seen this over at Flatman’s blog, but here is a link to me finishing last Sunday. I’m happy that they offered that this year - for whatever reason, they didn’t have it last year. I still haven’t figured out how to save just that clip to my computer (the burn to CD thing didn’t work for me, Com). I’d like to keep it for nostalgia. So if anyone knows how to make this happen, I’m all ears!
That’s about it. I think I may return to the pool as early as next week. Maybe back onto the bike the week after that? We’ll see how the legs feel, I guess.
Thanks again everyone for your comments and support! It really means a lot to me. :)