Tuesday workouts

80 minutes of weights - back/bi's
7 mile run

What about you?

4.25 mile run/ 1 mile walk/ 60 minutes of weights- bi's/ tri's/ forearms/ sit ups.

Will run a few miles on treadmill tonight..........

7 mile run, but it felt much harder than usual, and I kept my usual pace. It felt like someone was behind me pulling me back, and my knees started hurting around mile 4. I am wondering if I am not fully recovered from my marathon I ran on the 19th. How long does it take to recover from a marathon?

 I can tell you I wasn't full recovered for 1.5 months.. partly because I rushed back way too quick...  

I am rushing back. I don't like taking it easy,this is becoming a hard lesson learned. I want to be at the level I was at before my marathon taper, even riding my bike is tougher right now.

 I was the same way, but it was like 1 step forward two steps back.  Finally the tightness and pain forced me to change my workout (basically over the last month).  I didn't run on the road much, but added a lot of cross training, staying high intensity but shorter duration, and also a lot of weight training - and lots of stretching (and now the foam roller).  

I can tell you it was hard to slow down a bit, but well worth it - I feel like I have a great base to start the HIM training and really enjoy it.  

 1150 meter swim, continuous.. my longest yet.  15 minutes of stair climber and 15 minutes of adaptive motion machine, plus abs.

55 min of weights - core/legs
60 min spin class - AT intervals & hills

45 minutes on the elliptical.