I went for a run on Saturday and I scraped out 7.25 miles, which is good because I was hoping to do more than last week - I did - while still leaving realistic room for a longer run next week - I did that too.

It was sneaky warm and I wore long sleeves and overheated surprisingly quickly. By mile 1.5 I took off the long sleeves and dreaded the slog ahead…but, walking a little bit every couple of miles, I got stronger as the run went on.

I also stayed up too late Friday night watching the Knicks, I had a little whiskey, and we had some Raising Cane’s (Cain’s?) for dinner.

All of that is to say, I didn’t take super great care of myself, and I paid the price in the morning.

It’s worth doing something like Raising Cane’s (or Cain’s…I’ll check. Maybe I should write about it as a New Thing) the night before a run every once in a while just to remind myself what it feels like when I don’t do the right thing for my body.

Because more and more I do take good care of myself.

Which brings us to Recovery Week, where I’m going to spend this week telling you about the ways I take care of myself after runs, to make sure I’m ready to go another day.

We can’t overlook the importance of my new recliner during this training season.

It’s amazing what I used to do to my poor body before I had the chair - our couch is so low comparatively and every so often I sit in it and my legs say, “No! Don’t do it!”

The recliner is great because it doesn’t put stress on my legs when I sit, and of course I often put my legs up while I’m sitting there.

But I can’t sit all the time. And when I’m up now I wear my Oofos.

I say ‘now’ because I’ve had the Oofos for a while, but I didn’t really consistently wear them.

The biggest change in my life since I started running marathons was not wearing socks a lot - it just felt better for my feet to be barefoot.

But I would just walk around the house barefoot, and that wasn’t great either.

It was a recommendation from the podiatrist to help me recover from the plantar fasciitis - don’t walk around barefoot.

So I started wearing the Oofos around the house.

And they’ve played a big part, I think, in that recovery. (Everything I talk about this Recovery Week is good for recovering from runs, but has also helped me specifically recover from that foot issue.)

The Oofos have good foot support - I try not to wear them outside too much because I want them to stay in good shape to keep providing that support…but sometimes I wear them on pavement to walk the dog or to the store or some such thing.

And when I go to New York I often bring them - it’s nice that they’re so easy to pack and bring places.

I’ve mentioned it before - one of the biggest differences between this marathon training and previous ones is the fact that now I’m working a job where I’m on my feet quite a bit so my legs and feet are likely to be more tired.

And I’ll have to wear socks.

But one of the things I’ll be doing to offset that is keep my feet up at home…and when my feet are on the ground here they’ll be wearing the Oofos.