Life after a marathon

Yah it's summer! Moncton is experiencing the start of another lovely heat wave. The last few weeks have been fairly rainy with a few hot sunny days sprinkled here and there to tide us over. The rain was much needed and the plants and grass seem slightly happier.

My mom and a funny sign during my marathon

Since my marathon i have been keeping up with my running and workouts and gaining more and more energy. I was worn out throughout my training and could not eat or sleep enough! Now i am having to decrease my portions a bit as i don't seem to need as much fuel and while i still need my rest i don't need quite as much it seems which is nice. I am really enjoying my shorter faster runs and having the energy to put in to them. I am increasing my speed nicely and just ran a 5 km race on June 16th with my friends Christina and Steph. It was only the 2nd 5km race i had ever done and an adjustment for sure. You go fast from the get go and really push yourself unlike a half or full marathon where you go out slower and save fuel in the tank to finish strong. I ran the 5km in 26:04 the fastest i have ever run a 5km AND i won the race! WHAT?!?!? I was really shocked. It was a smaller race mind you but amazing for the running confidence to come in first and ahead of the guys! There may only have been one guy running the 5km though ha ha. More who did the 10km but hey that's ok i am still very pleased with my time.

Move to Include 5km race

I have another 5km race this Sunday. The Canada Day race! It is a hilly one. So no expectations to beat my 26:04 PB. As well i am just recovering a bout of strept throat. I think my body is still re-couping from the training and racing of my full marathon. I hope my immune system starts to get stronger soon! This sick business is starting to get really annoying:) Oh well. I listening to my body and took almost a week off. I was back at it Wednesday night with a 10km run. I hadn't run that far since the marathon. Crazy! I was craving a good slow long run and have a 12km planned for the holiday Monday! Yah Canada Day long weekend!

Post marathon

After this 5km race i may start training speed wise for my 10km race September 1st that i am planning on doing and then if i find any other 5km races along the way that i want to try PB'ing i will be more than ready! There isn't too much after this weekend that works with my schedule for 5km races. While i sometimes feel like i should be training for another half right now i am listening to my body and focusing on the shorter distances and enjoying not having to get a long run in or a certain scheduled run in i am running for FUN:) Not that i don't anyways...but it's just different not training for a long distance race.

Hope you all are enjoying your summer so far. Can you believe that it's almost July already? Do you have any summer race plans? Or summer plans in general?