Weekend Review: Before and After 22
Peak-Week over! Time to Taper! In other words, I finished up my last "really long run" before the San Francisco Marathon in Three weeks! I'll still run, but nothing over 12-15 until Race Day! The excitement is building. Most of the questions I get from friends, family, and followers revolve around my routine BEFORE and AFTER my long runs. So I thought I'd take some time to focus on what I did the night before my 22-miler, and my routine afterwards for recovery. In order to beat the heat, or at least, beat the SUN, I had to START my run around 5am. So I had to go to bed super early. On a Saturday night. Oh the sacrifices we runners make! lol. Anyway, some people ask "what sort of exercise do you do the day before a long run like that?" Well, I try to usually keep it light. This time I did some light strength training and ab work. Also, I took to my foam roller to work out any tight-spots like my IT band and d...