BRONZED! And the MT50 recovery week

I found out Tues night--I placed 3rd OA out of finishing 14 women, and 10th overall in the finishing field of 39! WOOT!

Recovery week went surprisingly smoothly. I'm still having knee pain (as of Friday) but it's decreasing by the day. I haven't done anything in terms of training yet, and that's probably what has kept me from being a tired, crabby, sore, fatigued athlete. I'm just letting the recovery roll.

The recovery has been so smooth that it's prompted me to try to figure out why. Some ideas--
1. I didn't experience any GI upset in the run, so no GI recovery to manage. I was able to eat and drink as needed to rebuild.
2. I was hydrating well in the race, especially at the last 5 miles. When I was walking, I told myself to start recovery "now".
3. My post-race food and water were immediately accessible, and I was able to eat them quickly.
4. I had a wonderful sherpa who let (made, haha) me focus on recovery, instead of getting distracted by post race fatigue.
5. I really focused on recovery the week after the race. No commuting, so "fun run", so swim. Nuttin'.
6. Instead of thinking of the MT50 as the last race, I looked at it as one race in a continuum, so I immediately started thinking about what I needed to do for something like Ride The Rivers and/or McNot Again.

Full moon week! Feeling great, and looking forward to the McNot Again 30M.