Recovered / Whats next

Its been two weeks since the marathon and I feel pretty good. I cut back on impact training and was strictly riding and swimming. I took back to the road yesterday and it was a beautiful afternoon for a nice 10 miler. I told myself to take it easy which I did. I met up with Brandon Moen and he wanted to just do an easy 10, but for him an easy 10 is at well over my race pace. He agreed to go slower since this was day 1 of getting back. The fastest mile was 7:14 and it felt good just to stride out a little. The rest were between 7:20 and 7:50. It was good just to get back out for a few miles. I am recovered.

There are several races coming up and a few additions to my race schedule. Next is the Sullivan sprint triathlon. www.sullivanil.us/triathlon.htmThis is a small fun triathlon that is very competitive, but it is a great race for the beginner tri athlete. A pool swim, windy bike, and a nice easy run on a packed rock path, except for the last 3/4 mile its paved, is a good starting race to get the tri blood pumping. Usually the weather takes its toll on folks. The wind in central Illinois is brutal at times. Just get in aero and crank.

May 3rd there are several races going on that weekend. Mine, the Lake run 4 miler or 12K haven't decided which I 'm doing yet. I am leaning toward the 4 miler since I haven't done that one yet. There also is a track meet, state qualifying sectionals that day. I will have to take off as soon as I get done running. There will be several of our runners make it this year. From now until then confidence building and proper mindset is the key, but I won't forget about the hard tempo's, speed work and long runs that are on the schedule.

Train hard, Train smart