I hate the word “taper.” It just doesn’t sit well with me, kind of like how some people don’t like the word “moist” (although probably for different reasons…).
It reminds me of the tapir – “a large browsing mammal,” FYI – because I fed one once at the zoo. I’ll never forget the way its snout snuffled around in my hand for that carrot.
ANYWAY. My weird issues aside, I’m really happy with how my taper/tapir is going so far. It’s only been one day, but whatever.
After running 20 miles, my legs felt 98% normal yesterday aside from a little knee creakiness. By the end of the day, even that was gone, and I would never have believed I ran that far on Sunday. That’s crazy shiz.
I owe it to stretching, foam rolling, icing my knees and ankles, wearing compression sleeves and spending pretty much the entire day with my legs propped up on a pillow. I didn’t do an ice bath, but apparently all of that stuff did my legs lots of favors regardless.
Last night I cleaned the bathroom I share with my roommate, which was long overdue and legitimately counts as a strength workout. Then I did the two ab circuits from Jillian Michaels’ “No More Trouble Zones” DVD, plus this core workout. I’m just now starting to feel the daggers from those side planks.
I was done with all this by 8:30 or so and literally had nothing to do besides eat dinner, so I went to sleep ridiculously early. The night felt pretty empty without running or going to the gym. Sleep is nice, though. I’ll take it, early and often, and in large quantities.
Back to running tonight. Yayyy!
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