Recovery run

[Lookslikejames]

I’m not going to lie, that 10k race took it out of me 😂 it’s to be expected though I guess, I hadn’t run for two weeks before that, and I pushed myself more than I planned to.

So it’s been a few days as my legs have ached and I’ve just been stretching and eating everything in sight. Yesterday I went for a 10 mile bike ride which was great, and I decided this morning that I would do a recovery run.

Apart from it being pretty warm, the run went well. I went a bit faster than I intended and had a few more hills than I planned, but other than that it was ok. The last half a mile I definitely felt ready to stop though!

I plan on doing another ride today but will see how my legs feel in a bit.

And then once I’ve done enough exercise I’m going to get on the beers and settling in for a very stressful evening of football 😬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

It doesn’t sound like you have a good understanding of recovery 😂 Have a great cycle. Happy running 🤗

[Lookslikejames Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Ah... I thought I’d nailed it to be fair 😂

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Well done LLJ. Great character building run for you today.

It’s coming home! ⚽️🤞⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🤞

[Lookslikejames Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

😬🙏🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️🏆

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Keep those recovery runs slow and gentle 👍

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Perhaps I misread the title ? 🤔🤣

[Lookslikejames Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Why are all the ambassadors giving me stick 😂 I thought I’d done a good job, few days rest, low impact yesterday and a slowish run today!

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Lookslikejames]

Haha, I don't think anyone is giving you "Stick"My reply was rather tongue in cheek !

And i guess speed/pace is relative but a pace of 9.31/mile or 5.785/Km is perhaps a little fast for a recovery run .

I'm sure none of us want to see you back on the injury couch ! 😁👍

[Lookslikejames Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

I have a permanent residence on the injury couch 😂 but yeah, I agree. I thought I did a good job on the recovery anyway lol

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Lookslikejames]

But maybe ask yourself why you have that permanent residence 😁Take care !

[Lookslikejames Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

I’m acutely aware, but even when I tried slowing down I got injured. I think my body is just hell bent on destroying itself

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

What a lovely recovery run and sounds like you’ve recovered well from the race, I love the thought of eating everything in sight . Oh goodness, football, we don’t watch football but will be watching this one 😀 and stressful it will be, better crack open the beers

[Lookslikejames Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Yeah the diet isn’t going well at the moment 😂

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Lookslikejames]

Ours neither, we were away all week and ate out loads it was great 😂 but not good for the waistlines, mind you run this morning and a blitz on the housework might help

[Lookslikejames Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Ah sometimes it’s good to just let loose, we all put loads in on our runs so it’s fine to treat yourself I reckon

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Lookslikejames]

That’s the way i think