Day 14 Recovery

Wednesday Day 14

Day 14 was the worst for a while. I woke up at 5am in with pain in my legs and was forced to get out of bed and take pain killers to alleviate this and get back to sleep. It has been moderate throughout the day but I haven’t really been able to get comfortable. My back muscles, buttocks and legs are all in different stages of pain and have been throughout the day. I put this down to three things and am not sure which one is most to blame. a) I’ve just had a major operation and some days will be better than others. b) I had some beer last night and this hasn’t helped and added to the inflammation. c) I am still recovering from the ‘long walk’ I had on Monday. I believe all 3 probably are contributing factors but to try to avoid discomfort like this in the future I will be resting more during the day and not drinking beer. These are things I can control and hopefully will help avoid such pain in the future. Today has really forced me to reflect on things and to slow down a bit. While not going out for a run or anything overly energetic  I have been surprised that my recovery has been fairly smooth. I guess I really need to calm down somewhat and let everything heal completely before running a marathon.