Recovery, Sorta.

Posted in nutrition, trail by Nate

The week of biking and swimming and cross training ended up getting consumed by 15 hour work days. To cope with the ungodly work demands, I also shunned any type of healthy diet and re-addicted myself to the dreaded coffee/beer one-two (coffee to stay awake until you can’t possibly function, then beer to make yourself fall asleep). I also took to drinking sodas to settle my stomach. Relief was short lived.

In the midst of all the work, the injury was well-timed in some ways. On a very serious down side, I’ve done absolutely nothing active for over a week.

So I hopped on a treadmill for 40 minutes tonight, rattling off a very slow and boring 4 miles. I could feel my ITB throbbing with each step as I tried to correct my form. It almost felt like learning to walk again – who knew a week off could be so damaging? By mile two I could feel things smoothing out, and am optimistic about tomorrow’s trail run as well as Wednesday’s and Thursday’s.

A new opportunity has popped up, professionally, and while it’s essentially everything I could want from a job (creative director at the ripe age of 30), I’m horrified at what routine 60 hour work weeks will do to my running – though not enough to dissuade me from trying. It’s tough enough balancing 50 hour weeks, freelance, a girlfriend, and a condo. To that end, I’m amazed at those who find time to run, work and parent.

Speaking of, a gigantic congratulations to the Dirty One for Sunday’s PR in Toledo.

And with that – I go back to work. . .