January 15, 2014 training/recap

Been a few days since last posted something. The 10th and 11th did not do much. I was getting ready for the marathon on the 12th in Mobile, AL. I had to travel on the 10th after work. The 11th I hung out with friends, but my eating and drinking was not that great. Race day showed me.
January 12th I ran my first marathon. This was the First Light Marathon in Mobile, AL. I was excited about running this race because it was in my home town. My nerves were running wild before the start. Weather was chilly and sunny. Great for the run.
The race started out very well. Took about 1 mile or so til the runners thinned out and was not in such a crowd to run. Course was flat for the first 7 miles, which was awesome since all I run on is hills. I had a great pace going at the half-way point of the race. I actually was ran a faster half than my previous PR. I was at 1:39:00. Pace was still looking good around 18 miles, right around 2:35:00. Then things started changing. I began to cramp. I pushed on through those initial cramps, but at mile 20 I had cramps in my hip flexors and glutes. At this point I was around 2:55:00 with 10k to go. But as the cramps became more severe I had to walk and run. I would run til cramps began then walk til eased up. By this point I had stopped sweating and was looking for Gatorade and water to drink. The last 10k I hit every hydration station and drank both. I ate pretzels and gummy bears. I was doing anything to get fluids back in and ease the cramps. All I can say is the never quit in me allowed me to push through the last 10k to finish my first marathon. I completed it in 4:16:28. No not the time I was shooting for. I really wanted to be under 4 hours, even looked at trying for 3:30:00. But being my first time, I am proud of myself. I learned some valuable lessons about hydration and nutrition during a marathon.
January 13th I was able to run 1 mile at a slow pace. Then I did my workout routine. 15 pull ups
5 burpees
30 sec rest
10 pull ups
10 burpees
30 sec rest
5 pull ups
15 burpees
Rest
Then I did 2x5 hand stand push ups, 2x20 air squats, 2x10 toes to bar. Felt great after workout.
Then January 14th hit. I could not move much at all yesterday. Every step hurt, breathing hurt. Very different for me.
Today I was not as sore. I went back to gym to workout. I warmed up 5 min on elliptical. After my warm up I did the following workout:
15 pull ups
5 burpees
30 sec rest
10 pull ups
10 burpees
30 sec rest
5 pull ups
15 burpees
Rest 1 min
5 hand stand push ups
Rest 1 min
5 hand stand push ups
Rest 1 min
10 tire flips with 2 tire jumps after each flip
Rest 1 min
12 squat thrust
Rest 1 min
12 squat thrust
Rest 1 min
10 toes to bar
Bear crawl up/down flight of stairs
Rest 1 min
10 toes to bar
Bear crawl up/down flight of stairs
Great day...worked the soreness out from Sunday. Ready to get back to full strength.