The Week After Workouts

Here is a quick collage of some proofs taken from marathon photo. The one of us finishing is funny. My dad is looking at his watch, I am doing something weird with my hands and kevin and pumping his fist.

Since the marathon on Saturday, I haven't been doing much since I feel like my body needed a rest - it has been so hard to get up in the morning because I just feel exhausted!

• Sunday/Monday: OFF
• Tuesday: 2 mile light jog (w/Oscar and Kevin) and then did some sets of push-ups and sit-ups and lots of stretching. My legs were still pretty sore.
• Wednesday: Oscar got a walk in the park and then I came back and did 30 mins of the chest/back P90x workout. (Stayed away from my legs) The guy on this video is extremely annoying and says "...alrighty BOYS and GIRLS..." about 3 thousand times. But it is a good workout and I am sore this morning from all the push-ups! The goal of the P90x workout is to commit to 90 days of these full-body workouts and while I dont plan on committing to this anytime soon, it is a good goal for the future. I just want to get some strength training in while I am gearing up for the marathon. I dont have much soreness left in my legs. Can only feel it slightly in my quads.
• Tonight/Thursday: My plan is to do the 3 mile run out by my parents house. This will be my first actual run since the marathon on saturday and I am itching to get back out there.
• Friday: Dog Walks (AM and PM) and some more P90x.
• Saturday: 1 hour run.

I feel like I am not doing enough, but I do recognize that my body needs a break. I found a few articles about post-marathon recovery that I thought were helpful/interesting. Hope you enjoy.

Recover After Your Race from RunthePlanet

After the Marathon from Runner's World

Breakfast this morning was a good oatmeal combo that I thought I would share:

• 1/2 c oats
• 1/2 c skim milk
• 1/2 veeery ripe banana
• some raisins
• few sprinkles of cinnamon
• 1/3 scoop of vanilla protein powder
• 1 spoonful of fig jam
• 1 spoonful of almond butter

I was a big fan of adding in the vanilla protein powder for some extra protein - have been seeing this on alot of blogs and really enjoyed the flavor it gave to the oatmeal. Sorry this isnt the best picture - I had started to mix everything together and then remembered to take a picture!

I brought an apple, Stoneyfield vanilla yogurt with GoLean kashi Crunch, and a PB Cookie Larabar for snacks, but havent felt hungry for anything yet! I am craving some salad today (weird! ha), so plan on going out to get a big one with grilled chicken from Buon Giorno for lunch!