A Viking, running

ORN:  By way of a recovery run, I hit the streets of downtown Louisville for a quick and easy thirty minutes.  The key word here was easy.  Every time I felt the urge to surge, I dialed it back a bit.  The point of a recovery run, I have read, is to get acquainted with running in a fatigued state.  If that is so, then this workout was an unqualified success.  Since yesterday's 15, I have been achy and creaky, particularly my feet.  But running today felt good.  Running three miles along the river was a great way to spend part of my lunch hour, even with the 77° heat.  I sometimes regret going to the Chinese restaurant and gorging myself on fried pork dumplings; I never regret a run.

 

It's too early to tell whether chocolate milk is helping me recover or not.  But I never regret ingesting chocolate either, so let the research continue.  I drank another bottle after today's run, though I am sure I didn't need it.

 

If you had every intention of going to Chicago to cheer me on, but then thought, "Meh," now my results can come right to you.  You won't even have to smell me or buy me a beer afterward.  You can have email or text messages delivered as I cross various checkpoints along the course by signing up for Chicago Marathon runner tracking.  I'm registered as Ed Hammerbeck, and I predict will be finishing right behind Deena Kastor give or take three hours.  You heard it here.