Monthly Archives: February 2014
Recovery Thoughts III
| February 28, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s been six days. Recovery. It does the body good. Six days post race and I’ve tried to run once. It was an absolute, miserable failure. Muscles? Calves are still the tiniest bit tight but it’s so minor I really didn’t think it was a problem. Neuro/central fatigue component? I can’t even begin to describe […] more
Before the blog…
| February 26, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Event Report |
…there was a scrapbook. I keep referring to my first marathon and earlier this week I talked about Mary, my marathon angel. I thought you might like to see a picture of that finish and tonight I dug around in the garage and found the scrapbook. I fell in love with distance and endurance before […] more
Recovery Thoughts II
| February 26, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I summarized yesterday’s post with the statement: The major consequences of stress/stimulus applied during a run is muscle damage, fuel depletion, and psychological/emotional stress. In order to fully utilize them again, you need to repair or refill them to capacity. Tomorrow we are going to add a caveat to that statement: “….You need to repair […] more
Thoughts on Recovery I
| February 25, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s fitting that recovery is on my mind, since now 2 days after a race is usually when I’m convinced I will never ever walk normally again. Doesn’t it seem like a crap shoot what’s sore after a work out? I mean, I know that theoretically the cycle is that muscles are stressed and then […] more
Clinic schedule and other stuff
| February 24, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I accidentally posted an article on “recovery” that was still in draft form (getting used to my wordpress editor!). I took it down but I know that it auto publishes to Feedly and other RSS feeders, so if you came here trying to read the rest of it, I didn’t want to disappoint you with […] more
Fourmidable Race report
| February 22, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Event Report |
In perhaps the last YOLO moment of my life….I ran a 35K (approximately 20-21 miles) this morning after completing a 24 hour taper that included copious amounts of gin and ice cream. It was early on in the gin consumption that I realized the only difference between the 13.1 half marathon distances and the 35K […] more
Stupid or Brilliant?
| February 21, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’ve just made a stupid or brilliant decision. By tomorrow afternoon I’ll know. So there I am, minding my own business on facebook (as much as anyone can mind their own business on facebook) and I see a RnT friend posting a status on marking trail at Cool for the ultrarun tomorrow. I know that […] more
