Jul 242011
How I spent the 12 hours following my completion of the Boilermaker 15K.
Hour 1:
- Being frustrated, light headed, and confused.
- Walking around the post race party.
- Not drinking beer.
- Laughing at Jen as she drank beer.
- Eating a few cookies and drinking water.
Hours 2-3:
- Riding a school bus shuttle to the start line.
- Driving back to Scotia with Chris and Jen.
- Being extra-ordinarily spacey.
- Laughing at Jen some more.
- Eating a lemon Chobani and drinking water.
Hours 4-12:
- Watching an epic game of Scrabble
- Playing with magnetic poetry
- Continuing to be spacey
- Refusing to open my computer
- Giggling uncontrollably and realizing; “This must be what runner’s high feels like”
- Realizing I didn’t really eat much after the race, and the six males I was with lecturing me about my needing to eat. [eventually, when my appetite appeared with a vengeance, I ate.]
- Nodding each time, out of seven hundred, Nicholas reminded me to drink water. [I am a fan of him.]
To recap:
Not stretching enough. Not eating enough. Not re-hydrating enough.
But laughing a-heck-of-a-lot.
Every runner has to learn – you’ve got to treat your body after the race as well as you did before! (I’m still learning)