Recovery

I walked around the pool at the Y yesterday morning, chasing my 3 year old. I figured it would be good therapy for the legs and the kids love to swim. Today I walked the dog 2 miles. It was 4:30 a.m. and I have NO idea why I woke up so early. Judging by how tired I am now, I will be going to bed with the kids at 7. We spent about 4 hours at the park this morning with the neighbors. We ran around, ate lunch and ran some more. My 6 year old is back out playing while her sister is snoring away on the couch. I'll regret that nap later I am sure.

My recovery plan will take me into the gym tomorrow for a short elliptical session (2-3 miles) followed by a little upper body work and stretching. I would LOVE to run this Saturday and see how I feel. My body seems to be healing pretty fast. I am glad.

I turn 40 this Saturday. I am not really sure how I feel about it, other than I am happy to be here to turn 40. No birthday plans - NOT my husbands strong suit. I would really like a pedicure, but I think I need to wait for the blisters to go away.

Now that the Marathon is over I will be looking forward to at least 1 triathlon -- Danskin, July 31 I think.. with a goal to break into the 1:30s. I am also thinking about a Century ride in September. I wanted to do it last year and never did. It's another one of those things on "my list" --- more later on my big plans...