It’s been four day’s since Saturday’s race.  During those four days, I have been recovering from being sick and from running.  Yesterday, I did my first post race run.

I managed 4.5 miles yesterday morning.  That was, I think, the most difficult 4.5 miles I have ever run in my life.  Holy Cow~~~that was painful!!!

The first run after a challenging race always hurts like the dickens.  There’s no way around it.  It just flat out hurts.  I think maybe that’s why I tend to get it out of the way ASAP.  Got it done and now I feel better.

Today, it was time for a longer run.  I thought that 8 sounded like a nice number.  I bounded out the door with the intent of running to Schaeffer’s Chapel and tossing a few little corners in here and there to equal the 8 mile distance I wanted.

Things were going great!  I had close to 4 miles under my belt.  Once I ran to Schaeffer’s Chapel and back to the house, that would give me my 8.  Easy Peasy.

I ran down Robinson Road towards the part of Hwy 45S that is still being repaired.  I planned on running the West side of the Hwy until I reached the place where I could cross the Hwy and head over to the Chapel.

As I was running along the Hwy, enjoying the warm weather, all of a sudden this stench filled the air.

SKUNK!!!

Oh No!!!  A car had just hit a skunk right across the highway from where I was running.  There was no getting away from it~~~I just had to keep going.

My eyes were watering and I could TASTE IT!!!

It was terrible!

I ran as fast as I could to get away from that terrible, fresh smell of mushed skunk.

When I got home, I stripped off my running clothes and showered.

MFH (My Favorite Husband) hasn’t said anything to me about smelling bad so maybe I escaped to worst of it?

Holy Cow!  What a run!