Aaah, getting back in the groove! I went out for a little walk/jog to see how the achilles was doing. Went to an area where I usually run that's usually plowed well, but I ended up having to run the sidewalks since the streets were just wide enough to get two lanes of traffic through. The sidewalks were occasionally shoveled, but mostly packed/semi-packed snow 4-6" deep with ruts from where people had stepped. It was firm in spots and soft/slick in others. I don't know how you Utahns run on snow packed trails and stuff if it's anything like that!
I walked for about 1/4 mi then jogged for 2 miles, weaving in and out of traffic, up onto the sidewalk, back on the street, etc. It just wasn't worth risking a twisted ankle or going down since it was so slick and uneven. Plus, I had my old running shoes on that don't have very good tread anymore (my good shoes, watch, ipod, etc are at work :-( ). On a positive note, my turnover rate was excellent due primarily to trying to keep my feet underneath me! I was feeling the achilles ever so slightly toward the end when I decided to stop jogging, so I walked the rest of the way back to the car which was a good cool down. Stretched well and headed for home. I'll ice it again tonight and take Aleve. I hadn't taken any meds for it or iced it for 24 hrs because I wanted to see how it really felt when I went for a walk/jog today. I knew I could run on it while on Aleve, but I wanted to really know how it was doing. So, it feels like it's about 80-90% back to normal and so a light workout (with core & bike) this week should probably get me back to where I can do some recovery training the next week or two. I may just make the Half at the end of March after all...and have a good race! Thanks to the snow, I've been "forced" to work from home this week, which has been good for recovery. I haven't walked the 1.5mi each way in to work, and have just been hanging out in the den during the day. I'm happy about my recovery! Although I'd love to make the Spring Thaw in a couple of weeks, I'm not going to push it, especially when it looks like I'll be well enough to run the Half at the end of March! Yeaaaa!
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