PM - 1 mile with Joseph in 11:25 after dinner. He ate too much, and his stomach was hurting him. Later on, 6 miles by myself, with my mp3 player, average pace 7:35/mile. It felt very good. Legs feel completely back to normal, no soreness at all from my fast miles last night, now I need to work off all the junk I ate last week after the marathon and get my weight back down. Time to start eating healthy again (today was a good day) and getting to bed on time. Lybi and I have decided to re-institute our 10:00 pm bedtime curfew, with consequences attached if we miss our curfew. Lybi has to smell my smelly running shorts, which is probably enough to gag someone with the strongest stomach, and my consequence is yet to be determined (we have to think of something suitable). I am so excited that I feel 100% recovered less than two weeks after St.George - this is the fastest I have recovered from my 3 marathons, even though I count this one as my hardest. I think that running quickly after (as hard and painful as it was) probably aided in the recovery by helping my muscles to flush out all the toxins and getting the blood flowing to the areas to speed up the rebuilding process. Whether I do the LA marathon is still dependent upon whether we will be able to stay with Lybi's best friend or not. If that doesn't work out, I will probably just go ahead and do the desert classic marathon.
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