Just under 4 miles last night at about 7:30 pace, and it felt great! I’m getting more efficient with my running (vs. a couple weeks ago where you feel awkward, your legs don’t really remember how to move right, etc) & getting stronger. I think the biking has really helped the lungs too — I…
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while! Nate and I were on vacation this past week up to the cabin. How wonderful! Beautiful weather, plenty of great food, and plenty of time to unwind. I’m beginning to heal. It’s a wonderful feeling. I’m able to cross train a lot, and I took advantage of that…
Like Dale and Derek suggested, I’ve taken a little more time off. I’m excited to try to run again, to see if there’s any improvements. This last week I think I’ve made huge improvements with the chiropractor. I honestly feel like my hips are “different”, and the left one (normally the healthy one) feels lower…
Response from Derek L. Hope he doesn’t mind me posting here, but it was exactly what I needed to hear. “if you don’t mind me saying, looking at you weekly mileage that I had seen on your blog, you are an injury waiting to happen…training is ALL about consistency…doing the same thing over and over…build/race/recovery…you…
What a breakthrough week for me. 1 minute last Sunday. 11 minutes this Sunday. YES. The first 5 minutes didn’t feel great. Residual pain (not sharp, like before) with most steps. I stretched for a while afterwards. Then decided to run for another minute or two to see how it felt after stretching. It actually…
Ran for 7 minutes last night. How great is that? Things still aren’t 100%, but they’re getting better. There’s no pain, the area just feels like it isn’t working properly. I wonder if that isn’t because I’m using muscles in that area that aren’t used to being used? That’s what I’m hoping anyway. I didn’t…