I'm feeling great now, five days after my IRONMAN (detailed post to come). No more soreness or tightness. No walking down stairs gingerly with the use of a handrail. No more deliberate angling of body parts to produce the most painless ease of motion while getting out of a car, getting into a car, putting clothes on, showering, etc.
Thanks to the coaches for the regimented training and recovery they provided us this season. They trained us well to recover from long workouts (even 14 hour ones).
I'm still on cloud nine this week. The time spent not training has been seamlessly shifted to "normal life" activities. So this is what it feels like to have a weekday night only worrying about work and school? Wait, I don't need to check Workoutlog to figure out what I need to do tomorrow? Today is Thursday, but I don't have to head to the swimming pool after work. I'm settling back into normal life, a strange frontier I abandoned only 2 years ago, but that's okay.
We'll see how long this "normal life" lasts. All I know is that I can eat Haagen Daaz Pineapple Coconut on a Tuesday Night or have a Pale Ale with spirited co-workers on a Thursday evening.
I wouldn't mind doing a short swim or bike session though to flush out the lactic acid.
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