Staten Island Half Marathon
Sunday was the Staten Island Half Marathon. I've been dealing with
overuse injuries as of late, my IT-band has been acting up and I
strained my right hamstring.
I wasn't sure if I'd be running or not, and the temperature was
predicted to be in the low- to mid-50's, so I wore my coldgear; I didn't
want to end up with hypothermia again if I was standing around for 2
hours in shorts.
It turned out that one of my teammates, Liz, wasn't sure if she'd be
able to finish. We decided to run together. And we did. We finished with
the exact same time of 2:34:00. I kept her from stopping and she kept me
from going to fast and re-injuring myself.
It took me an hour longer to finish the race than it normally would, but
I think it went quite well. My hamstring actually felt better after the
run. My IT-band was a little sore the next day, but it was better by
Tuesday.
Running at the slower pace, I was able to actually look around and enjoy
the scenery. The shores Staten Island were not as bad as I was
expecting. Over all, it was a good recovery run. A 13.1 mile recovery
run.
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