Aches and Pains

My 9 miler yesterday wasn't too bad. I say that in the sense that it could never have been too bad since I wasn't running twenty-something- crazy miles but my mental focus wasn't there which meant it felt like it took forever to complete. The funny development is the aches and pains that have creeped up on me since last Sunday's 24 miler.

Each time I run my legs ache. Ache like they ran a marathon. It hurts but in a weird way, in an uncomfortable way I mean. It makes it hard to sit still, hard to lay still but even harder to walk or stand.

Yesterday I stood in the kitchen for about 4 minutes as I inhaled my dinner. That feat in itself was a disaster for my feet. I had to immediately sit down and when the gap between the chair and the leg support of the recliner (when reclined) didn't support my knees well enough I needed to go soak my muscles in a warm bath.

I am not used to this discomfort, to this endless dull ache. I read this morning that it's normal. that the body as been finely tuned and in the last three tapering weeks of training the body feels the tuning. I should be proteining up this week, the protein allows the muscles to repair themselves, refresh themselves. Then next week I need to carb up. I had it backward, sort of.

So I finished off the brownies so they would stop tempting me and now I need to focus on protein. Hopefully an egg, peanut butter, milk, cheese and meat will take my dull aches away.