This will hopefully be a quick update on what I've been up to in my rest week. Amazingly, I felt fine the day after the marathon. I could tell that I'd been for a long run, but I didn't experience any problems walking down stairs, which is normal after a marathon. If you see anyone walking like an android on April 18th you can almost guarantee that they ran London Marathon the previous day. Of course, I'd loved to have had a proper rest day, but it was work as normal meeting two personal training clients and teaching three kettlebell classes. I might have felt fine in the morning, but I was pretty knackered in the evening and glad of the opportunity to have a lie in Tuesday morning.
Thankfully, Tuesday was a quiet day. I couldn't resist the urge to have a kettlebell workout, so I ended up doing a big upper body lifting session, to give the legs a rest. I did two sets of 40 press-ups, and I was amazed that I was able to do this as a stand alone workout. I then do a total of 80 bent over kettlebell rows per arm, followed by 40 Military Presses per arm. I finished off by multi setting between tricep extensions and bicep curls until I was completely fatigued. It was quite a short workout, but left me feeling like a quivering wreck.
Tuesday evening I had to put a client through a reasonably hard interval training session, whilst I ran alongside him. This was my first post marathon run. It was at a pace that was a little on the brisk side to be considered a recovery run. I was aware of a slight ache in my glutes (the muscles in your butt) during the run, but, apart from that, all felt good. During the session we reviewed the client's progress, which is going very well. I can see he has made incredible progress over the last couple of months. More importantly, he is fully aware of the progress he is making. His average pace on his long runs is showing improvement almost week on week.
Wednesday was another full on day. As always it was rounded off with an outing with the Sweaty Betty running club. We had a huge turn out this week. Many girls who haven't been for a while showed up and we had a few new ladies join the club. With some many ladies out I had a hard job making myself heard. I'm sure you can imagine how difficult it can be to manage a big group of gossiping women. I guess I should be careful. I don't want to be accused of being sexist and going the way of certain Sky Sports presenters. Anyway, it was another interval training session for the ladies, and another test for my legs, which this time felt fine.
Today has been yet another busy day of work. I could have gone for a run this evening, and I was very tempted. In the end, though, I realised I had a fair amount of paperwork to sort out before going away for the weekend. I did find time for a 30 minute core workout.
Tomorrow we will be driving up to Yorkshire after a morning of work. We will be visiting friends in Sowerby Bridge and spending the time walking, eating and drinking. This is going to be a whole weekend away from training and a time to socialise and let my hair down. O.k. so I don't actually have any hair to let down, you don't need to point that out to me. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to a fun weekend away. I plan on doing very little the weekend after every marathon, so getting away is the perfect way to make sure I stick to this plan.
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