Another ART treatment Friday AM with Dr. Richey. He is such a great resource, very fortunate to know him. He said to not run until Sunday, then do Tues/Wed. Well, I waited until Saturday night. Sundays I don't run, and I couldn't wait until Monday. I ran a super slow mile, then stopped to stretch a bit. Was running really slow and was feeling OK, except that I wasn't sure if my heart was beating at all since I was going so slow. I had to check my pulse a couple times to make sure I was still alive. That got old. So I just figured I'd try running normal 7 min. pace. Voila...felt fantastic. Cruised for a couple more miles at about 7 min. pace or under feeling great. The leg never hurt at all. Its clear that the tightness in the glut/hammy/calf has largely subsided. Cool. It's great to see the immediate progress and result from rest and ART. I'll take it pretty easy this week, but fortunately it looks like I'll be back to running again after only a week off. The week off felt surprisingly good though. I enjoyed getting out on my bike a couple times on the trails, and I also enjoyed hitting the pool this morning for a miles worth of laps in about 25 min of swimming - because Richey mandated NO biking :( Darn, I like biking and it didn't hurt my leg. But he's the expert, and I decided I would rather cover faster so I followed his advice this time and hit the pool (unlike I did earlier in the week) Also I got consistent this week on core work 3 times and pushups and pullups. Which I have greatly missed and which really makes a body feel good. It now feels kind of like I pushed restart on my computer. Now once I fully reboot after an easy week or so I think I'll be ready to start another enjoyable 4 month training block.
| 