Back to Work ... But It Hurts!

Tuesday night, I went to Bally's to try and bicycle through some of the soreness in my thighs. I spent 50 minutes on the stationery bike at level 8 (random).

Then, tonight (laughing), I went out with a plan to run the 2.1-mile loop in my subdivision twice. The first loop was brutal and I walked some of it but still ended up covering it in 23:53.32, an 11:22 per mile pace. (I don't remember being this sore after the Marine Corps Marathon. The Wednesday following it, I went out and ran with the PIM group in Memorial Park.)

Needless to say, I walked the second 2.1-mile loop. My hamstrings are still fairly tight. It may put the Run The Woodlands 5K #122 in jeopardy this coming Saturday. 11 weeks ago, I PR'd the Saturday after the MCM in the Run With The Saints 5K.

As I was walking, I was thinking (besides the goals that I set out at the first of the year): "What am I working towards now?"

Two years ago after finishing the 4-miler, I said that I wanted to do the half in one year and the full one the next. I just realized that on Sunday.

I said earlier this year that I wanted to run a marathon. Well, I've done two now.

I said that I wanted to get HARRA's Iron Foot Award for the fall. I've nailed that down.

All I know right now is that those simple 2.1 miles tonight hurt!