Life after 50

I ran on monday. I went out in central park with Run Club for about a 5.5 mile run. I went a little too quick, but it was a rough, rough run. I didn't feel muscle fatigue in the legs initially, but my entire body just felt lethargic. It was tough to keep moving at a quick pace. When I turned off the 102nd St. transverse on the west side, I struggled mightily to tackle the rolling hills back down to 59th. A couple miles into the run I started to feel muscle fatigue in my legs. I've now seen what it takes to recover from a 50 mile run. Even almost a week and a half out, I was still feeling the effects.

Last night I went out on a 3.5 miler in Brooklyn. I actually felt pretty good averaging 7:30 miles. I don't know that I'm back to 100%, but I'm getting close. Two weeks isn't too horrible of a recovery time I suppose.

Tomorrow I'm going to try and log 100 miles on the bike. I guess that will be more of a test though. My first attempt at endurance since the 50 miler.

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In news not related to me. Le Tour rolls on. Once again, cheaters. Some of these guys are either incredibly arrogant or incredibly stupid. Perhaps Both. Saunier-Duval is withdrawing from the tour. It just sucks because crap like this is almost undermining what teams like Columbia and Chipotle-Garmin are trying to do. I still can't give up. I love watching the tour. Its not any worse than MLB, and at least cycling is taking an aggressive stance against doping. Most pro sports just choose to ignore the issues.

And on a cool note. Thanks to Astana not being invited to the tour (which is complete crap, btw), we get this awesome display of sportsmanship by Chris Horner:



















P.S. The 50 mile race report is about halfway finished.