Week 1, Day 2

I feel like a half dead turtle today. Every little movement reminds me of yesterday's effort. I can't even sneeze properly because it hurts my stomach muscles. Even though I've mostly been whingeing to myself about it, I'm secretly pleased. I love recovery - and no, not because it gives me a good excuse to do bugger all, but I love feeling exactly which muscles I worked out.

I've done a bit of stretching today. Sitting at the computer for too long stiffens my hips right back up, so I've had to tear myself away from the Cool Running forums a few times and shuffle back to the lounge to do some stretches. I think I'll have to keep up the stretches every couple of hours, just to keep the blood moving and the stiffness at bay.

I've been thinking of my running goals. After my last City to Bay, I pretty much stopped running and I contribute that to the fact that the event that I'd been training so hard for was over and I hadn't thought of setting another goal to reach for. I've decided on the following (pending husband approval):

Adelaide City to Bay (12km) - September 2011 (already registered)
Puffing Billy (13.2km) - February 2012
Great Ocean Road (half marathon) - May 2012
Pichi Richi (half marathon) - June 2012
Australian Outback Marathon - July 2012
Adelaide City to Bay (12km) - September 2012 (obviously shorther than my previous goals, but I hope to have a much faster time next year)
And, the ultimate......

NEW YORK CITY MARATHON in 2015 for my 30th birthday (also gives me a few years to save up for it!).

I'm going to aim for a few races per year to keep me in line, but the NYC marathon.... I can't even put into words how unbelievable it would be. Not sure if hubby will want to go though, and I don't want to go by myself. Looking forward to discussing it with him. It sounds so huge at the moment - even just the flights to get there! I've never been on a flight bigger than a domestic 90 minute one, so to be stuck on a plane for 40+ hours is a little scary. I think perhaps it would be a good excuse to get in a few more domestic flights leading up to it, exclusively for preparation reasons of course.