I managed a slow four mile run today. The legs are tired, but not to sore. A big thank you to Jeanie at Therapy Designed for You who gave me a fantastic sports massage yesterday. It ceratinly helped. My goal now is to get into some sort of condition to run New Jersey in 10 days. Ouch. To quote Pete Pfitzinger–”Your main concern should be recovery, recovery, and more recovery not only from your first marathon but also from the lobotomy that led you to come up with this plan.” 
I’ll take off tomorrow and run 6 mile recovery runs on Friday and Saturday. Sunday will be an 8 mile general aerobic. Next week will consist of recovery runs of 6 miles or less and a pace workout on Wednesday. I have no concept of a pace for New Jersey. Whatever my legs will allow me to run at. Of course remembering my mantra–the quicker you run, the quicker you finish. At least New Jersey is flat!
