Half Marathon Girl

Guess what I did this weekend???? I ran a half marathon! Was it easy? Heck no! I was in pain, I felt like I was going to throw up (which I finally did do at mile 12.5) but I did it.  I ran all but a mile and my total time was 3 hours 23 minutes.  I had nightmares the week before that I was going to finish and no one would be left.  But there were still lots of people there when I crossed that finish line and more were coming in after.  The past few days I have been trying to rest and recover from the toll the 13.10 miles took on my body.  I am recovering from injuries I sustained months ago included a torn quad and pulled hip flexor.  My legs were a veritable maze of KT tape on race day.  I'm still wearing a few patches of tape to keep things stabilized.  Yesterday I foam rolled for the first time after the race with my trainer and actually cried when I got to my quads.  Today however they are feeling much better and I am planning on a one mile recovery jog tomorrow before heading back to the gym for more stretching and foam rolling.  This week will be strange with such a minimal amount of working out but as my trainer said I need to give my body time to recover so I can come back even stronger.