Starting over...hopefully.

My planned 2 week hiatus turned into over 4 weeks. Two weeks rest for the nagging ankle injury, one week for a severe cold, one week for work/cold/weather etc. The ankle is pain free, even first thing in the morning. It still feels off, inflexible rather than stiff. The plan is to try and run short and slow over the next couple of weeks and not run on consecutive days. Hopefully, the loss in weight, the change in running stride and awareness of the injury will help keep it at bay. I'll know more tomorrow morning.

I finally made it out this morning for a 3 mile jog/run. (My back ordered replacement HR belt showed up yesterday after 5 weeks of waiting, I took this as a sign that it was time to run.) Route was fairly snow packed and icy, but was manageable. The lungs took a beating. Felt like I was starting all over again. I have the 5k in 12 days. I'm still planning on running, but it will be more of a training run than a race. Oh well. Boston Corporate Challenge is the next scheduled event, although I hope to run a 5/10k before that.

100 Miles

Today's 3 miles pushed me over the 100 mile (36 run) mark since I started. Easy run today as I hope to run harder tomorrow, 4th day in a row. Ankle was much better, but the hammy was still tight. Hopefully it is related to compensating for the ankle and will improve as the ankle does. Only ran at 9:30 pace. However, HR avg and max where the lowest they've ever been for any distance or pace. Gonna keep it slow for a while until completely healthy again. As Agricola has advised...just building the base. Shooting for 18 miles this week and 20 next. Plan is to range between 15 and 20 through the end of the year.

Pushing through the pain...

Followed the plan yesterday with an easy 2. Pushed C1 for the first mile and C2 on the second. C1 also rode her bike for mile 2 which dropped the pace down. It was great to get out with them on the road and a good test for longer runs in the future. My program has Saturdays as an off day and Sunday as a short easy run before a "sort of long run" on Mondays. I'm going to try to alternate the kids every other week but may have to get a dual stroller to avoid juvenile conflict.

Today's run was the 4.5 Common route. Late start today at 6:45 meant heavy pedestrian traffic to dodge. Kept it easy, but not too easy for me, at 9:30 pace. I'm more concerned with the mileage than the time...at least thorough the end of the year. Left hammy was still tight. However, the left ankle is more troublesome. Still can't figure out if its the ankle or shin splints. Hopefully an easy pace / ice regimen will be enough to cure it. Otherwise I feel great. Last week's total of 16 is a PR.