Maddie’s home!
I picked her up from doggie overnight camp yesterday afternoon. The dogs were playing outside when I pulled up and I could see her adorable little tail wagging through the fence. I called her name and you could tell she recognized my voice because she went nutzo trying to figure out where I was. The poor girl was jumping all over the fence trying to find her mommy.
She got a good report – it’s always a good feeling when the staff won’t stop raving about your little one – and couldn’t wait to hop in the car and head home.
This morning Maddie and I soaked up some of the amazing fall weather with a 2 mile walk outside. After two days at doggie camp and a good long walk, I’m not sure I’ll be able to pull her away from the couch for the rest of the day.
She is WIPED. I love her when she’s like this – so cute and extra cuddly. 
The walk was exactly what my legs needed, I’m thinking they’ll also need an easy yoga class this evening. Day two of post-half ironman recovery is going pretty good. I’m trying to take it easy and just enjoy a couple of days of rest before slowly working my way back into other activities. There’s no need to rush.
Since it was so chilly this morning, I decided a bowl of oats would be the perfect meal to warm me up.
In the mix:
- 1/3 cup rolled oats
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/3 cup water
- chia seeds
- cinnamon
- vanilla whey protein powder
On top:
- 1/2 apple
- cinnamon
- walnuts
- peanut butter
Totally hit the spot.
Time to get to work!
What’s your typical recovery plan following a big race? X amount of days of rest? Massages? Triple chocolate sundae from your favorite ice cream shop? 
I plan to treat myself to a pedicure tonight or tomorrow. My little toes deserve a little pampering.
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im a little late, but just wanted to say congrats on your second half ironman! all triathletes are incredible to me that they can run after swimming and biking all that ways.
Nothing quite like a sleepy, cuddly puppy!
The biggest race I’ve ever done is a half marathon and the recovery wasn’t too big of a deal for me. My parents gave me a certificate for a deep tissue massage though which was amazing
Maddie looked like she did the half ironman with you she’s so pooped!
Pedicures are my favorite post race treat! The funniest was when we went after the warrior dash (like 2 days later) and I still had mud under my toe nails… I was like oops, sorry!
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Yay for pedicures!
I def usually do a massage, foam roll tons, and take long hot showers
Annette @FitnessPerks recently posted..Eat and Train For More Muscle
After big hikes, I always have a massage scheduled. I usually take one or two days off, and then spend a week doing yoga and light walking.
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Mine is Massages for sure. I have a 15K race this weekend and already have my psot race massage booked for next week.
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I love it when my dog is completely pooped too from a day at daycare. He’s extra cuddly! And I’ve been craving walnuts since seeing them in your breakfast bowls, so I finally remembered to buy them! One of my favorite nuts.
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My biggest race was the Flying Pig Half this year. The day of the race my feet swelled up so big it hurt to walk around. The day after I did a lot of walking around the house and backyard, as well as a nice hot shower.
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I’ve only ever done one big race – the chicago marathon this year, and I went out to dinner with my family, got myself some froyo and took a few days off. But I was back into running quickly because I missed it so much, but now I’m having IT band problems… probably should have rested more…
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Frozen yogurt is a necessity (in my book) when it come to race recovery!!
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Aww, I love when my dogs are worn out and just want to snuggle!
I would love to do a triathalon one day but swimming outside of a pool scares me. I’m a wimp!
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My only big distance race thus far was a half marathon. The race was on a Sunday, and I took all of Monday and Tuesday off after that. I ran again on Wednesday, but then rested again Thursday and Friday because I had a 5K on Saturday, and I didn’t want to push it too much. I also bought myself a gigantic slice of triple or something like that chocolate cake from Whole Foods
Annnnd I bought myself a custom 13.1 ring off Etsy. I always try to do something nice to reward myself after a race — that’s half the fun of running, as far as I’m concerned 
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I don’t have a set post race recovery routine. I’ve gotten a massage once and loved it but this time I’m trying to do a reverse taper for 2 weeks to ease back into some high mileage.
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haha i love my dog extra too when she is exhausted! why are they so cute that way?
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