Hi all, I’m here with my weekly recap, even though this week did not include a whole lot of structured training. Just lots of recovery!
But I’m linking up nonetheless with Jess as usual. Details below if you want to join us!
Monday: 26.2 miles. My marathon recap is up!
Tuesday: Rest 🙂 We bummed around Boston for the day before catching an evening flight back to Minneapolis.
We started the day in Boston with Bloody Mary’s. Why not?
Then we spent some time walking down tons of stairs, you know, as people do after a marathon…
(Actually, my legs didn’t feel that bad….)
Wednesday: More rest. Went to see the Boston documentary that evening. So good!
Thursday: 1 hour barre class at the Barre
Friday: [solidcore]. Awesome class on the new machines.
Friday was also Finisher Shirt Friday, so I wore my Boston jacket to work.
And how cute is this letter that my 10-year old niece sent to me? Adorable.
Saturday: First run post-Boston. 5 easy miles with my friend Lindsey and Matilda the vizsla. 9:15 min/mile pace.
I wore my London Marathon finisher’s shirt on the run while sending positive vibes to all runners at that race today.
I hung up my new medal as well!
My parents are in town for a visit, so we took them to the Guillermo del Toro “At Home with Monsters” exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
It was definitely a unique one!
The Minneapolis Institute of Art is always free, but this special exhibit was $20/person.
Here are just a few pictures:
Of course, with my dad here, he and Dustin decided Saturday night was the perfect time to tear apart/remodel the unfinished part of our basement…Oh my.
The basement is a disaster right now.
Sunday: Another easy run with Matilda. 4 miles at a 9:15 min/mile pace. My oldest sister and husband were in town again looking at houses, so I spent the afternoon tagging along with them while Dustin and my dad kept working on the basement.
Recovery?
Since I didn’t really “race” the marathon, my recovery has been pretty easy so far.
I’m still easing back into it, but I will need to build back up before I run with my sister at Grandma’s Marathon in June. Looking forward to it! Let me know if you will be in Duluth as well.
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Awesome week of recovery and so well deserved! Looks like you had a great week easing back into working out. So fun that you got to spend time with your parents this weekend too!
Thanks Kim 🙂 My parents live in Michigan and don’t visit much so its been great having them here!
Thanks for reading and commenting!
I am sure you’re disappointed in your marathon, in some ways. It would be really hard and frustrating to put all that effort into training and then to have to throw it out due to conditions. Yesterday, my husband and I both raced (not a marathon, but tough races for both of us) and it was harder for both of us than we thought we had trained for, too. For me, just because I’m pregnant and my legs just got sooooo tired from carrying my extra body weight. For him, it’s more puzzling. He really felt like he trained hard… Read more »
Hi Katie! Thanks for the nice message. First of all- WOW- 8 months! How exciting! I hope you are feeling good and ready for the baby! Are you having a boy or a girl?
Also, I am SO impressed that you still did a race! You rock!
I am still trying to sort everything out to start coaching, but I will let you know. I can confirm that it will be an affordable price, haha 🙂 since I am just starting out! I will keep you posted!
Thanks again for your kind words.
Hi- yes- 8 months! Crazy. I feel really good and things have been going well. The gender of the baby is a surprise! But we’ll find out soon enough- due date is July 4. 🙂 Thanks for asking!
Wow, so great to hear! And I love hat you’re keeping it a surprise 🙂 So excited
for you!
Glad to see you are taking it easy and enjoying yourself post race!
Of course! I feel like I might need to cut back on the celebratory cupcakes and wine soon though, haha 🙂
Looks like you had a fun recovery! I’m impressed going down all those stairs after.
Welcome TJ! Thanks for reading and commenting!
Usually going down the stairs in the worst, but I felt pretty good after this one 🙂