Clyde's Comeback!

A good rest day so far. The legs are really not too sore- maybe the least sore I've ever been after a marathon. That's the good news. 

The bad news is the longer I've been home and had time to think about it the more upset I get about Saturday. I went into that race in better shape than I've ever been before a marathon and it turned out to be a big disappointment. The sad part is I don't even know why I got all sore and cramped in my stomach anyways. So I can't fix the problem next time.

It wasn't the heat. To be honest I never really got hot. Once on the trail down in town I started splashing water on my head but that was at mile 23 or so. I started having pain at mile 12? 

The pace wasn't too fast. If that were the case I'd have hit a normal wall at like 20 or so on in.  I mean we're talking mile 12 and then from there on I never could get back into race pace due to the crampy pain.  In fact the legs wanted to go on several occasions. It just would hurt  in my upper ab's and I'd have to slow again.

My diet was very similar to previous marathons... so I'm not sure about that one either.

But like I said- I really wish I knew what the deal was so I could work on a solution for next time. I just needed to vent this all out. I've just been pretty emotional about it since getting home and it doesn't help that my little trooper wife is gone.

"Scream" That is what I feel like doing! 

6.5 mile run this morning. Up around GS. I love that loop. Legs felt a little tight but under the circumstances very runable. I should have stretched on Sunday and Monday instead of being a bump on a log. 

Mentally I'm feeling a lot better and ready to ease back into things. I told myself going into Ogden that I was going to take it easy for a couple weeks after the race- this was assuming that I'd have been able to push it hard all the way and I'd really need the recovery time. However even though I'm not going to need that recovery time I still might give myself a mental break and at least enjoy my trip to Orlando without pushing for mileage. So that's what I'm going to do. Then when I get back home on next week I'd like to work on some speed work for a couple weeks for WBR.

(Blue Stratus 338.9)

It's 2:45 a.m!!! I'm trying to get myself going this morning so I can drive down to Vegas to catch a flight. I woke up unaided at 2:20 and didn't have to  be up until 3 a.m. So here we are reading blogs and online newspapers. Hopefully I'll have the time and desire to get a few miles in when I get to the Swan resort in Disney World. 

4 miles tonight after a very, very long day. Finally here and ready for the R&R.

(Blue Cumulus)

Well lets see. The pain in my chest/ abb's has never gone away form last Saturdays race. Last night it woke me up in the middle of the night and made it difficult to inhale. On top of that the last 30 hours I have been spitting up dark blood.... not caughing but spitting. It frankly hurts to walk around the resort let a lone run. If things get any worse I'll go to a instacare or something to figure out what is wrong with me. Hopefully I can just start feeling better and enjoy the time here in Florida.

I looked up the symptoms on WebMD and most all of the things that came up are a very bad thing...

Double Bummer!

Still sick. Pain in the chest/ stomach, and still spitting up blood. I'm guessing this is a little more serious than a 24 hr bug. I'm just not going to go to a Dr. out here in Florida so as long as I can handle it I'll just wait until we get home. But I'm going crazy.... Here is a look into my OCD life. Right now at my fingure tips I have: Free- Room Service, Movies, Disney Park passes, Swimming Pools, Sun, Boat rides, Food (surf and turf to fruit loops), Shopping, and time to do any or all of it. But the only thing I want to do is put my running shoes on and go feel the burn of a good 12 mile run- and right now I just can't and it SUCKS. I've never had something serious enough that it may take me out totally. Right now the grim reality is that my beloved summer to train my brains out may just not happen.

7.2 mile run in a rain storm. I couldn't stand it and just decided to go out regardless of what happened. It hurt but not much more than it does sitting around.

(white Cumulus )

9.8 miles. I still have all the symptoms of ealier this week but like I said in yesterdays blog it doesn't hurt much more running than it does doing anything else.

(blue cumulus)