It feels like cheating

Run # 88 ~ 2miles/18:58

The streak is still going.

But.

I feel like a cheat only doing 2 painfully slow miles 2 days after the Ultra.

I was able to do my normal wake up run (3.5) on Sunday but Monday morning proved a bit brutal for the upper quads.  This morning was a bit kinder to my legs but I still did a slow 2 miles followed by lots of stretching.  My thighs do not like going down steep technical hills.  I hold back too much for fear of falling.

I know that I allowed for the 2 mile minimum knowing there would be days I would need that but I am hoping to finish this streak strong.

After last week's 73+ miles it will be hard to accept a low mileage week.  I am struggling with what seems like the opposite of what many of you have written about after races; I struggle with having to ease up instead of feeling any sense of "after race" let down.  Maybe it's too soon.  Maybe that will hit me later. 

I can still clearly see the trails in my mind and feel the ground beneath my feet. 

And it is calling to me to come back.

Tonight I will attempt a double day but I will probably keep the mileage low or hit the treadmill to stay off the hills that are o'plenty around my house.  Only 12 more runs to 100. 
I will have to have something cooked up to celebrate if I make it. 
Right now I am happy dreaming of those trails and reliving what to date was the best run of my life!

How often after a race have you been able to say that?