April 9 — Advice and a Break

I had to go to my physical therapy clinic to pick up some paperwork, and since it’s about a mile from my apartment I figured I’d run there and back. This was my first run in a week, and with the 5K four days away I knew I had to get back to running. Thankfully, my foot was feeling much better, so I wasn’t worried as long as I took it easy. While I was there, I also chatted with Caroline, my consultant, and a couple of my other physical therapists. I knew it was too close to the race for any change in my training plan, but I asked them how I could get faster and they said “interval training and sprints.” Not my favorite things, honestly. There were more details too, but the gist was to run faster, I had to actually run faster — shocker. I decided I’d try to run my mile home faster than I’d ran a mile since my injury, and I did. It felt pretty good too. 

I took a few days off of running and working out since I kind of tweaked my foot, probably the day I ran 6 miles. I worked out without my running warmup for a couple of days, and the time off of running definitely helped me feel better. I used the elliptical to warm up the couple days I took off from running but was still back at the gym. It obviously wasn’t the same as running, but the reduced impact helped my foot get better. And I knew I needed to do something to keep my stamina up.

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