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Day 4 Post Marathon: I'm starting to feel better!!!!!

So the past 2 days have been up and down once again. It's amazing what not being able to do what you love to do has an affect on everything else in your life!

Wednesday 11-11
So this morning I was feeling really good!  I woke up and wasn’t as sore as previous days.  So I decided I would try to run a little bit.  I walked to start and was still feeling good. So I tried to run a little bit, very slow and not very far.  BOY did that HURT!  My thighs are just not ready for that movement quite yet!  I managed to run / walk or I affectionately call it WOG for a mile.  It was painful so I decided to stop at a mile and walk for the remainder of my time.  I am still very bummed that I can’t run yet!  I feel like I should be able to run so much and so far!  I ran a marathon for goodness sakes!  I can run forever usually and feel so good about it.  It’s just very humbling to say the least.  One thing I have learned about myself so far this week is that I am a true runner.  I love it so much and miss it so much that I almost had a break down talking about running at Culver’s tonight with my daughter’s teacher!  I am a runner!  It is who I am!  It doesn’t define me completely, but it totally enhances my life!  I told my husband too that this is why I am so crabby lately.  I need to run.  If I don’t this is what happens.  I start to freak out about everything!  It’s going to get better!  I just have to keep telling myself that.  
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Thursday 11-12
Today I woke up with a migraine.  It sucks.  It was a pretty decent one too.  I should have known I would get a migraine since the weather was changing last night with storms blowing through the area AND I was crunching numbers all day for our data retreat at school.  It sucks for sure, but the migraine and knowing how my attempt at running went yesterday, I opted for walking this morning.  It was really windy too, so I was thankful to be all bundled up with gloves on.  I was trucking along pretty good but I was still surprised when my watch vibrated to see that my mile time was 18 minutes and change.  My previous mile times walking were in the 20s.  It was definitely nice to see that I was able to move faster.  I was able to walk 3 miles in a little under an hour!  Granted I can normally run 3 miles in a little over a half hour but this is definite improvement from the beginning of the week!  I am happy about that.  I know I need to take care of my body instead of trying to push myself right now. I need to just relax and take it slow.  There is no need to fret about making my miles or anything like that.  I WILL get back to it, but it will be when my body is ready.  I am feeling surprisingly good today.  AND I was even able to go down the stairs at work without cringing!!  That is a good sign!  I am hoping to try running again tomorrow morning, but if it doesn’t feel right then I’m ok with just walking again.  It does get better every day!  

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Until next time, Run on, my friends!!
And always remember:
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Laura

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