Two weeks out

The two weeks after the marathon were a learning experience as well. With the help of a sports massage to target the worst soreness, I felt perfectly fine again by Tuesday of the first week. This meant I wanted to start running again because over the last 4 months it had become such a habit and an enjoyable time to listen to new music. I forced myself not to go since I knew I probably wasn't fully healed. Good call on that and I probably could've rested longer. On the Tuesday of the second week I went for a 3 mile run and I was amazed at how tight and a bit sore my calves were. I did the same on Thursday since I seemed to have pulled something in the back of my left knee. Even though more rest could've been good I'm happy that I got back out there again since the thing that hurt me the most on this last set of Triathlons is that I pretty much took the winter off and lost my entire base. By getting moving again hopefully I'll be able to keep some of that.

Now Where?
Right after the marathon I left the open question of whether I would ever do one again. My answer still holds that it wasn't that bad I just don't know about the training time. The next one coming up is the Charlottesville Marathon and they just announced it's a new course along routes that I'm fairly familiar with. That being said, I'm not sure about running in the cold to train. The other option is to do the half marathon and really focus on improving my time.

I do already know I'm planning on doing the Martha Jefferson 8K again (already registered) and the Cville 10 miler (will register as soon as it opens). For both of those I'd like to get my time under 10 minute miles since they are shorter distances. The Charlottesville Sprint Triathlon is also in my future. I'd like to get my time for that under two hours. The key there will be keeping up my base on getting a new bike since I was maxing out my gears.