Recovery

The official results of yesterday's race has been published. This has been my saddest result to date. I'm thankful that given the circumstances I could finish but... 35th of 37 runners in my age category and 50th of 53 runners among the women and 437th of 534 among the Twenty mile runners. At least I didn't finish last!

But look at these incredible top 10 times! Even at my best I wouldn't have been able to top these times!!

Anyhow, I think this race has served it's original intended purpose. It has given me my running mojo back. After a long time, I feel enthusiastic about running again (as I type this, my right knee is wrapped up with an ice packet but still) and I feel excited about the prospect of training again and to bring me back to my 2018 pace and strength.

For now of course, the focus is on recovery. I am completely sore all over from the run but the tendons around my right knee seem to have taken the worst beating. Being tendons, it will take a while to heal and restore so I'll have to be patient before returning to training. This one week is going to be completely off running. I will continue with some mobility and also maybe some swimming if possible. The week after I'll start on some strength work and maybe the week after that I'll check if running painless is a possibility. 

More updates soon.