Going With The Flow

AM - Walked the dog for about 2 miles. Then ran a full 0.6 miles and loved every second :) Jake tried his best to complement me afterwards - "You haven't completely turned into a blob during your year off". I'll take it. 

PM - 1 miles walk with the dog and we both crashed around 0.5 miles.

AM - 1.5 mile walk with the dog. I could feel the right hip area guarding more and more, probably a result of running yesterday. Both adductor and groin felt a little sore this morning. Nothing unexpected - gotta start somewhere.

PM - 30 minutes of strength training at lunch. Then 0.5 mile run, pace was 9:45. The good thing about going slow is that I get to run longer! 1 mile walk later with trekking poles.

AM - 1.5 mile walk with the dog. I'm having some weird medial knee pain so no running today.

PM -  Recumbent bike for 15 minutes, then again later for 10 minutes. I had a little abdominal tightening but felt okay. Walk this afternoon for a mile, 4 mile bike ride, and lots of PT. Bike ride felt okay, just a little sore/tight in the psoas muscle.

Well, it is officially the 6 week post-surgery mark. According to rehab plans, I am now at the point to resume regular activity. I am not even close to that, unfortunately. The areas where I had surgery feel pretty good, but I still have significant issues with the psoas muscle and right lateral hip. I'm sad because I still don't see myself running without pain any time soon. I truly believe that I have been smart about this injury and done everything that I know to get better. It's really frustrating. I'm tired of seeing progress as being able to "exercise" for 5 extra minutes - because really, walking and sitting on a bike are not exercise at all for me. I need to see true progress now, I need to run. 

PM - Well, after my semi-breakdown I had to try running again so I went out for 0.8 miles. Knee still feels a little wobbly but not terrible. Then went on a 4 mile bike ride with Jake. I was pretty achy by the end of the day but felt better mentally.

Convinced myself to have a very light day so only a couple miles walking and some upper body weights in hopes to recover and rebuild...we are traveling to Duluth this evening!

Long run today! 1.8 miles of running along the canal path in Duluth. SO many amazing runners here, I really wish that I could run in the race tomorrow. But I was pretty happy about my 15 minute jog - that's the longest I've gone in months and I felt pretty good overall. Psoas tight afterwards but I'm getting a massage soon so that should help.

Was out on the half marathon course to cheer for Jake and others. Did a pair of half-mile runs getting to different spots, then after the race got way over my head trying to do a cool down with Jake and Paul and maybe made it a half mile with them. I probably walked at least 3 miles today too. I feel extremely sore, probably worse than I did after racing here last year!

I predicted Jake's time within two seconds (my guess was 1:06:38).

I'm glad I came to Duluth even though I couldn't run. We had a fun time. This race is awesome and they treat all the runner (and their guests) so well.