Surprisingly I think me and my dad have recovered well. It took a few days for my knees to stop being mad at me but I wasn't miserably sore. That's not to say I wasn't sore. I was hobbling around for about 3 days. But it was the good kind of sore. Stretching hurt but felt so good. It was funny watching my family try to do anything for a few days because we were all hurting. I tried a roller out on my brother's leg and he moaned in pain. It was great.
My first run was 1 week after the marathon. I did a little over 5 miles with my sister. My left knee killed me. I don't think it was smart running on the hills that soon. My second run was the mud run a few days ago. I felt great but we walked a lot of it and didn't focus on running. It was more about the fun of it. And my latest run was yesterday with my dad. We did 3.5 but it was so hot. The route was great because it was slightly hilly but not enough to hurt my knees. But it was too hot. We walked about half of it. It felt so good to be out there though. We both talked about keeping up on running and some "future" plans.
I think signing up for the mud run and a few other runs I have coming up was a smart move on my part because it made me think past the marathon. I couldn't just say ok get to the marathon and it will all be over. The marathon was great and pushed me to do a distance I never would have done otherwise, but these other races keep me going. I think without them I wouldn't run again.
So stay tuned to see what else we end up trying.
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