Running a half-marathon is never easy, and this one was full of successes & struggles. Plus, we found a great trick for muscle recovery! Thank you to Choose Cherries for helping me to share this recipe with you..
What a day we had last Saturday! My husband (Steve), our 12-year old son (M) and I dragged ourselves out of bed at 3am and dutifully pulled on our running clothes. Everything was laid out the night before…clothes (with bib numbers firmly attached), bread with peanut butter, bananas, shoes, clothes to keep us warm at the start line and plenty of water.
The day had finally arrived. It was M’s first half-marathon. His nerves were jangling loudly, and Steve and I were so excited to be a part of his big day. My running partner and friend, Staci, picked us up and we drove the 20 minutes to the finish line of the American Fork Half-Marathon to catch the buses that drove us up the canyon to the start line.
Driving UP the canyon meant that we would be dropping 1741 feet over the course of 13.1 miles. If you have ever run, walked or hiked downhill for any distance, you likely know that your quads and calves start screaming at you partway through and that the days following involve walking down the stairs backwards or sideways.
But we had a handy little muscle recovery weapon on our side. More on that in a moment.
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