New goals

On April 29th, I went a full marathon distance 100% on trails.

I ran the first 2/3rds, then walked so I could eat and drink. The last 1/3 was a mix of walking and running, and my time was nothing to brag about, but I finished it; that's what I wanted. I also did it in my 5mm drop shoes, because I forgot (of all things) my regular running shoes.

After that, I ate an entire family sized bag of tortilla chips, with salsa, and generally did nothing of consequence the rest of the day. The next day, I went to Vermont for a short vacation. I spent a few days going to interesting shops, hiking, kayaking, and went on a tour of the Alchemist brewery (two cases of Heady Topper returned with me; only four cans have succumbed to my thirst thus far).

Today was the first day I ran since that marathon. My legs hurt for a couple days afterwards, but I had enough pain in my right knee towards the end of the run that I wanted to give things plenty of time. I ran to and from work, with full pack, in my 5mm drop shoes. It felt totally fine; whether a transition from 10 to 5 is minimal, or my previous working up to 40% of every run being done forefoot first was effective, I felt totally fine. I think I'll try to run 100km this week and next week, just to get back into running.

But now that I've done my trail marathon, I should work towards something new. I'm running a half marathon with a friend in a while, but that's more of a social event; I doubt it will be very strenuous. I should work on getting faster. I should also get back into the water.