Slow and Steady

I went for my first post-race run yesterday. It was a very awkward, slow, gimpy 3-miler. I limped around for the rest of the evening feeling a bit dejected. I was having soreness in places I didn't realize I could be sore. Today, I decided to get right back on the horse and try again. I ran much slower, avoided most hills and managed to run a much happier 5 miles. Good thing too because I think I'd go mad if I had to take much longer off!

My girl Chia just may be on to something when she suggested my next race: The Yuengling Shamrock Half Marathon in March (Chia is way more of a bad-ass than me though, she is running the full marathon!) First of all....anytime the first word of a race is a beer, it's worth a second look! And second of all, according to Chia, you get 5 free beers after the race! Five!! Hot damn! My only issue is that it's another travel race. But then again, Virginia Beach isn't all that far and I've never been down there before. Also, I'd get to meet a super cool blogging friend - how awesome would that be?! And I could get this really cool shirt:Cute, right? So all I have to do is convince my husband that we need to hit Virginia Beach for a night, book my mother-in-law for the punks and do it!