Marathon Update - Recovery? April 29, 2008

This Sunday’s run was a flat & easy “recovery” run of “only” 7 miles. It’s funny that 7 miles actually seems sort of short now. Before starting the program, about the furthest I had run was a little over 10k (6.2 miles).

The amazing thing is that I managed to run at all on Sunday. D. & I went out on Saturday night to see Goldfrapp (see future post re: the show). M. was having a sleepover at a friend’s house, so we didn’t have to be home at any specific time to relieve a sitter. We just had to be on the last BART train (12:15am-ish). So after the show ended (about 10pm) we went to a couple of South of Market bars. We managed to catch our last train home. D. fell asleep on the train with his head on my shoulder (it was like that Pet Shop Boys song ‘Liberation,’ … “…All the way back home at midnight, you were sleeping on my shoulder…”). I got into bed at about 1:30pm, after saying to D. “Gee, I get to have five whole hours of sleep!” But getting up and getting going on Sunday wasn’t actually a problem. And the run was fine.

Speaking of recovery, I don’t remember anything hurting during (or immediately after) the run this Sunday, but something must have happened, because when I got home, my left shin, just above the ankle was sore and swollen. Stupidly I didn’t ice it right away. And even after I did (and after a short nap), I decided to go to San Francisco to meet Bud at the Eagle Sunday Beerbust (this week’s fundraiser was for Dykes on Bikes — and they were so damn cute, err, uhm i mean, butch & hot!). That of course meant standing around for several hours on my sore leg (but I didn’t really notice due to beers & boys, and um, the hot dykes). The long walk alone back to BART was when I realized that maybe I should have been kinder to my leg that day. At least I didn’t go dancing. It’s still sore, but I’ve been icing regularly (in fact I’m icing as I type this) and I hope that I’m able to do my “maintenance” run tomorrow.

On the fundraising front, we made it past our 1st hurdle ($1,000 by April 25). Now we just have to get our total requirement of $3,600 by May 9 (got pushed back a week due to AIDS Marathon website issues last week). The donations seem to be coming in at a regular clip now. To those of you who have already donated, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! To those of you who wish to contribute, our donation page on the website is back up & running. For more info you can click into the previous post titled “Please Contribute!” from April 15th, which privides details re: the training program & the fundraising recipients. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!