The Long Road Back
"Everywhere is within walking distance if you have time"- Steven Wright I knew going into Tahoe that post race and post training cycle it was going to be a long road back. The amount of shear volume, climbing, etc. really just takes a huge toll on the body. Maybe I was naive, maybe it was just wishful thinking, but I signed up for a fall marathon and ultra with the belief that I could snap back to true form pretty quickly. I took the week after Tahoe super light running just 12.8 miles in the 6 days following the race. My energy levels bounced back pretty quickly, so I jumped up to 55 the following week and 65 the week after that. While I still had some aches and pain, some of which I had before Tahoe, I just continued to compartmentalize them and push through. A few weeks later, after 4+ weeks above 60 miles, it all came crashing down. My hip / hip flexors were killing me and I simply lost the will to push. Tahoe was my third race of 100 miles or more and I am no