Rest Week?

Now that the race is over, Karen has instructed me to take a week of rest. Unfortunately, I don’t really know how to do that. Around here, I don’t think it is even possible. Monday, I did go out for an easy hour run just to loosen up my quads. They were super tight from the race. Then I spent numerous hours on the plane flying back to Baltimore…and they tightened right back up! Tuesday I drove back to Syracuse. The plan was to arrive around dinner time so taht I could meet Phoebe, Maggie and my mother for dinner. It hit tons of traffic and didn’t make it back until around 7pm. About 10 minutes before I got to Panera (my fave fast food eatery…their Fuji Apple Chicken Salad is the best), my mother calls to tell me that Maggie threw up and has a high fever. Well, so much for dinner.

As soon as I arrived home, I got Maggie out to the car and took her to the Immediate Medical Care in Manlius. A few chest XRays later, the doctor announced that it was probably just a virus on top of the ear infection she already had. We finally got home at 9:30pm and collapsed into bed. Wednesday I had the good fortune of working for 11 hours. By Thursday, I was itching to work out. I was able to sneak an hour in over at the lake and even did a little swimming sans wetsuit (like it will be in Kona). I just love swimming without a wetsuit…it just feels good. Then again at the pharmacy for another 9 hours. Today, I tried to get a little housework in before work. BUT I had the exciting task of booking the Kona trip which took up my whole morning (and all 3 of us slept in past 8am) and then I had to work from 10-7. Then I fit in another easy hour running. I was amazed how much better felt compared to Monday. I was still slowish but my quads were not sore at all.

I talked to Karen and she is going to send me just 1 week of workouts. Then we are going to meet to discuss where my weaknesses are and what races to do and then she will finalize my training plan for Kona. I am feeling very ready to start some hard training. I can’t wait to see what I can do on the course in Hawaii.