Prelude, Sunday night: I called home and was talking to my old man. He suggested going for a run since everything seemed to stop changing with my knee. His philosophy: If it hurts and you run, or it hurts if you don't run, you might as well run! So... I cautiously gave it a shot!
Monday: One mile. It was raining, but I still kept it to one mile. Pace: 7:58, heart rate: 174
Tuesday: Rest, duh!
Wednesday: One mile again. Still feeling pretty good! Pace: 8:03, heart rate: 172
Thursday: Takin' it easy
Friday: Two miles. Hooooeyyyy, progress! Pace: 7:48, heart rate: 177
Saturday: Being a bum.
Sunday: Two miles and change. Pace: 7:47, heart rate 176
Total: 6.4 miles
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Hey, look at that! Doug's running!
So as usual (is it bad I have a "usual" for coming off of injuries?), my speed sorta stuck around while I was getting out of shape, but I have ZERO endurance. At the end of two miles on Friday, my quads were already starting to ache. Also, my heart rate is simply out of control. I guess thats what I get for doing nothing at all for a couple months, huh?
Regardless of what shape I'm in, it's GREAT to be running again.
By the way, the triathlon I was supposed to do with TNT is today. Good luck to everybody out there!
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Congrats on running again. I'm glad you're back. Hope it goes well.
Good luck with the continued running!!
Good to see you on the path to the comeback.
Bummer about the Tri but there'll be plenty of others.
Hi Doug
Say what you want, but you are... BACK!
Best of luck with the running, biking, and swimming. Notice I put running first??
Glad you are back to running again! Hope all is well :)
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