It took all of my willpower not to go stir crazy on this past three-day weekend. I try to live an active life and when I can’t be active, I get a little nutso. All my sanity wheels come off. I have no willpower or common sense. In order to fill the void, I eat way too much and become a complete slug. It doesn’t help that I haven’t talked to another person since Friday.
Around 3 p.m. on Sunday, I couldn’t handle it anymore. My foot felt good thanks to all the extra attention. Damn it I was going for a short run. Ready to go, I geared up only to notice my Garmin was not charged. Normally I wouldn’t care but I wanted to record my distance. (It may be my last run in awhile.) So I plugged it in and used the time while it charged to about 40% to warm up. Squats anyone?
I embraced all the positive energy that I had within me. I wanted to run at least 5K (but really 8K). I reached the end of my street and I felt pretty good. I started at a 6 min/km pace to east into the run. It was when I went below 5:30 min/km when I felt the pain in my hamstring. I tried not to glance down at the Garmin. I race an even pace until I got to about 4 km. That’s when I stopped to regroup and take in my surroundings. I was thrilled to see the snow had finally melted on this trail. It sure was slippery over the winter.
I watched some geese for awhile before I turned around and headed for home. Both my foot and hamstring seemed to enjoy the trail. No aches or complaints. My Garmin showed that I had an 5:28 average for my 8K run which is around the 42-minute mark. I am cool with that because it was a comfortable pain-free pace.
Immediately after my run, I rolled out my foot and my legs. So far, so good. Rest seems to be doing the trick.
Yay! You're running! That makes me feel better, thanks!
lol thanks! Let's see how the week goes before we throw a party! lol
yay running! Glad to hear that your pains are going away 🙂
Ha ha thanks!
Happy to hear that you had a pain-free run, what's on the plan for the rest of this week? Cheers!
Thanks!
it sounds like a nice run. maybe the rest did a body good.
now…lets hope we get more spring weather too!
True dat!