Post Marathon Blahs

There are a lot of things about running a marathon that you don't know until you've run a marathon. In fact, even four months after my virgin fling, I'm still learning things, not all of them pleasant. In fact, almost none of them pleasant.

I'm one of those people who thinks they know everything before they know anything. I know, we're incredibly annoying. But the point is, I thought I knew pretty much everything there was to know about running a 26.2 mile long run before I'd ever run ten miles. I was so wrong.

I won't go into all the ways I was ignorant, because this is a blog and not a set of encyclopedias, but I will say that I've been absolutely shocked at how hard it has been to get back into the swing of things after the race. And it's been four months. You'd think that would be enough time, and maybe it is, but just barely, for me anyways.

I won't go into all the aches and pains, though they were very real. I think I'm over the hump in that regard.

No, the big challenge for me has been motivation. It's not that I'm not excited about running. I clearly am. It's that I have a hard time mustering the energy and enthusiasm to get on the trail.

My therapy for this problem, like it is for so many others, is to go running. Works wonders.