And some idiot cuts in front of me and stops right near the beginning. I dodge, land funny, and turn my ankle under. Of course, I keep running. Ankle loosened up as I ran. Managed to run for just short of 2 miles before I decided to walk a bit. According to Gmap-Pedometer, I walked about 1k to let my back recover a bit. Ran again but had a sudden stitch in my side. Walked a minute to breathe that out then decided that come Hell or high water, I was finishing at the run. I even managed to pass a few people in the last bit. Official time was 33:56. I think that if I'd kept running, I might have broken 30, but I'm not sure that I was going fast enough to do that or that I could have run that far. I know now that I was making about a 10 minute mile pace when I started walking at 18 minutes or so.
In general, I'm really happy with my performance. I've only run 5 or 6 times, counting today, since I started back up. Hopefully this ankle injury won't knock me out for too long since I have to get ready for the Peachtree.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
After 4 months of no running
I did a day of Week 3 of the Couch to 5k. Started out too hard on the first run considering I was 4 months out of shape. Luckily, I realized it and slowed it down a bit. Noticed my feet slipping in my shoes a bit and the old foot pain from December cropped up randomly. It all stopped when I took a few minutes to tighten my shoes.
A mile or so in, my back started hurting just like it did when I first started running. I had stretched before I ran, but apparently not enough. I'll have to do better next time. Luckily, the pain was gone by the time I drove home. Hopefully it will be like last time and after a few runs, my body will get used to it.
Biggest concern right now is that I have a 5k in 12 days and I'm pretty sure I won't be in any condition to run the whole thing. Hopefully, I'll be able to get myself to the point I can run 2 miles, walk a little, and finish running. I'll know more on Wednesday when I have my group run/training.
A mile or so in, my back started hurting just like it did when I first started running. I had stretched before I ran, but apparently not enough. I'll have to do better next time. Luckily, the pain was gone by the time I drove home. Hopefully it will be like last time and after a few runs, my body will get used to it.
Biggest concern right now is that I have a 5k in 12 days and I'm pretty sure I won't be in any condition to run the whole thing. Hopefully, I'll be able to get myself to the point I can run 2 miles, walk a little, and finish running. I'll know more on Wednesday when I have my group run/training.
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