Monday, September 5, 2016

Summer Exercise Series: Post long run recovery and short runs

Even with lots of stretching and rolling, my legs are still a little sore today.  But not as bad as I thought.  So this morning I did more stretches and went out for short runs in the evening. Ran 1 mile on a good pace (20" faster than my 10K avg pace against strong headwind), then power walked 1 mile on 13'35".  Ran 1 mile again on a faster pace (1'15" faster with tail wind). Finally my thighs and calves caved in with cramps, I had to walk the find mile slowly.  Back to stretchs and rolling again!

I also tried GU gel packs and Nuun tablets.  They seem to be great giving a quick energy boost.  I'm going to take some more and see if my recovery time can be shortened. 

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