This quote comes from a great 80’s movie, Gotcha! and involves Anthony Edwards and Linda Fiorentino and somehow came to mind today as I went out for my first post-marathon run.

It was a perfect fall day, ideal for running, but my body felt it was the first day it has ever been out there. My stride was out of sorts, knees felt strange and my shins had that dull aching pain that I have not felt in awhile.

Only ended up running 4 miles and will probably take another few days off to let my body recover. Guess the lesson is do not try to come back too quickly after running 26.2 miles and then eating 4 pounds of lamb in a 7 day period.