Use it or Lose it

2 sets of stair climbing in the EIHG building.  Need to resume running, still some pain, but much better.

First real run in about 6 weeks.  Could feel the nerve pain in my right buttock and partway down the side of my right thigh; It wasn't too painful to run, but it definitely made me nervous about whether running would make the sciatica come back full force again, or delay the healing I've had to date.  But, I really need to start running again before all my fitness disappears. 

I was only going to run a 3 mile loop.  But, I had lots of energy, so I decided to run the 4 mile loop.  Still feeling good, so decided to make it a full run to the Capital and back home for 4.6 miles.  Except a friend spotted me about 4 blocks from home, and gave me a ride home so I could get something for them.  Felt bad about cutting the run short, but under the circumstances it seemed the appropriate thing to do. 

Spent the latter part of my run trying to figure out a plan to get my running back up to speed (literally) before the Deseret News 10K on July 24th.  Not much time to train, but I'll do my best. 

Oh, who turned up the thermostat!!

Well, yesterday's run didn't seem to adversely affect me, so I had another go at it this morning. Ran to capital and back.  Still can't lengthen my stride completely, so ran slowly the first couple miles, which are mostly downhill..  Coming back is almost all uphill, and since I normally run uphill with a shorter stride, I was able to incorporate several fartleks along the way to help increase my aerobic capacity.  Definitely feels good to be back running.  :)