As a 3-hour marathoner he ran most of the race right with the fastest pace-group!
Lots of happiness will go on for days… I can't imagine ever accomplishing a challenge quite like that!
On that note, NYC Running Mama shared this in a post the other day…
If this is true, Alex must have one tough mind!
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In other less exciting news, yesterday was my first run since my half-marathon. I had been meaning to run over the weekend - usually I take a week off and then start easy runs again but the weekend got busy and I had exams and rowing things (i.e. 5k tests at practice - yuck) so I wasn't too worried about pushing my first run back. Yesterday I went out for a 32-minute easy run in the now-freezing weather! Suddenly I had to wear long pants, a technical shirt, and running jacket just to bear the chilliness outside! This is good running weather though - can't complain!
I came back and enjoyed a scalding shower and some hot-chocolate…
On my first runs following a race I like to take it super slow (Garmin-free) and assess my body - how do I feel? Yesterday I felt…achey. After a good stretch I felt better but this morning I woke up with a really tight hip on my "bad" side (the side that had a really nasty IT-Band injury last fall, which took months of rehab to finally kick to the curb). I'm going to stretch it out and then try to run some more today - taking it easy again. I'd been hoping to get in my 7-mile route today but I think that one will have to wait for when my body feels slightly less questionable!
Rowing video of the week!
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