Highlight of the Week: My ankle feeling stable enough to run on again.
Monday | October 4, 2021: 2 m walk
Tuesday | October 5, 2021: unplanned rest day
Wednesday | October 6, 2021: strength
Thursday | October 7, 2021: 2 m run
Run location: hood, Temp: 67°/68°, Time: 25:27, Pace: 12:42 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, happy to be running
Friday | October 8, 2021: rest
Saturday | October 9, 2021: rest
Sunday | October 10, 2021: walk with Gina
Monday | October 11, 2021: rest
Tuesday | October 12, 2021: 3 m run
Run location: hood, Temp: 66°/67°, Time: 38:35, Pace: 12:51 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Wednesday | October 13, 2021: strength
Thursday | October 14, 2021: 3 m run + massage
Run location: VP Woods, Temp: 65°/65°, Time: 38:22, Pace: 12:46 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Friday | October 15, 2021: walk
Saturday | October 16, 2021: rest
Sunday | October 17, 2021: 3.1 m run
Run location: VP Woods, Temp: 48°/54°, Time: 40:08, Pace: 12:57 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Notes:
- I was thinking about trying a run on Tuesday (two Tuesday ago) but after work the stray cat showed up and I decided to take him to the vet to see if he was chipped. And that took up a lot of time since I am always so chatty at the vet. Oops. I’m glad I didn’t try to run – I put sneakers on to take out the trash and my left foot didn’t feel quite right in the shoe. It was still a bit swollen.
- I was somewhat nervous about trying running on Thursday (two Thursdays ago), since my ankle was still a tiny bit poofy, but I carefully got my shoe on, tried really hard not to supinate (or trip on anything), and had a decent 2 mile run. Yay!
- And my runs the second week all felt good. I even walked on the beach and the sand didn’t bother my ankle. It’s still tender, but doing so much better. And I had it worked out on a massage on Thursday and that really helped!
- I signed up for the Sullivan Brothers Memorial 5K (sponsored by a museum where a friend works), so I ran that on Sunday.
