I don't know what it is about Chicago but since my seven miles there I haven't been the same (could it have been the absent recovery period or the filet at Morton's?). I did a "short" four miles before I left Chicago and was tight as a guitar string. Yesterday I got in 6 miles in between rain showers and just felt terrible with stiff legs and sore muscles all over. Was all I could do to finish strong.
I guess that inadvertently I ramped my running upwards quite a bit this week, with 23 miles or so in total. For a couple weeks there I was only doing about 15-20 miles a week, which obviously took its toll.
I am reminded that tomorrow I'm off to the Shamrock-n-Roll 10K. I never really planned on it being a PR-type of run, and the way its working is it will just play into my half-marathon training (ING GA Half Mar 31). I will be running tomorrow with only a 36 hour recovery period after a torrential run. It will be ugly.
I will try to get in a longish run mid week then probably hit the brakes and let the legs cool for 10 days or so before the half marathon - maybe only heading out for some 1 mile leg-stretchers. I used to worry that more than 4-5 days was too long a break to take before a long run, but before the Chickamauga 10 miler (with an astounding time for me) I was resting a bum foot for over two weeks. I felt great and didn't feel like I lost a thing.
I'm going to have to get onto a real training program if I want to make it to Chicago in October.
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