There's Got To Be A Morning After (Easy Recovery Running)

This morning, under overcast skies, I met Amy, Shannon, Gretchen and Brian for some ridiculously easy recovery running. We were all still tired after yesterday's race, but the very easy 5.2 miles that we did sure did feel good. We strolled along at 10:30/mile pace, just nice and easy, and generally had a good time discussing the race and the marathon coming. All of us looked a lot more fluid running by the end of the run than at the start, though.

We did some striders after that (I did 5x100m), and then Shannon and I stuck around for stretching. Aaron even showed up for some stretching after his 10 mile pace run, so I got to chat with him for a while. I got a chance to talk to Gilbert about the race after he sent his 7:30 group off for their workout, and he agreed with me that with the windy conditions, we had done pretty well. He pointed out that you could tell the Gazelles were stronger than most, no matter what our pace, because we had our form together even at the end of the race pushing to the finish. That's probably true. The pictures from this race will be interesting, though.

Tomorrow, more of the same, a nice and easy 7 miler this time, followed by a gym workout.