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May 24, 2005
Back at it
On Monday I ventured out for my first run in what feels like a very long time.
I injured my ankle (have no idea how or exactly when) in April. Then continued to run on it for a couple weeks, which apparantely didn't fix it ... go figure. So, due to the amount of pain and advise from the physio I took some time off. In total just over four weeks, I probably could have been back running sooner, but ran the last 10k of a marathon with a friend of mine on Mother's Day, which caused a bit of a set back and a lot of hobbling for the next few days.
I was beginning to get very concern that this ankle injury would never go away. After a week of not running I expected miracles. It really wasn't until this weekend that everything started to feel good again.
So on Monday morning (it was a holiday here in Canada) I headed out with Kat for an easy 5k to get back into it. The first km was not fun, my ankles and knees had forgot the pleasures of pounding. The second km things began to fall into place, my pace and breathing. It was feeling pretty good, the sun was shining it was cool this is what I had been missing. On the third km the breathing was not so good, by km four I was contemplating joining a learn to run clinic! I can't believe how quickly I have lost the cardio component.
One thing I did notice on the run was how much my left ankle rolls in on landing. Tuesday morning I went to the running store and bought a pair of Superfeet! They are insoles to stop the roll in. Tried them on and they work great. I am taking them for a test run tonight ... fingers crossed.
The marathon group starts on June 7 with the goal of Chicago in the fall, so I need to work on my cardio otherwise I will be struggling!
Posted by Ali at May 24, 2005 11:26 AM
Comments
woohoo! she's back and alive and RUNNING!
good luck with the insoles tonight. and chicago? what a very cool goal. that's the place to REALLY smoke your PR.
Posted by: jeff at May 25, 2005 1:00 PM