Love2Run

A little over a week ago my doctor told me I could start running again. I have been a little scared to start because I was afraid of the same thing happening to me again.

But today I finally got up enough courage to run again. It felt amazingly good and I was able to breathe easy with no problems at all.

I ran a half mile warm up.

Then I ran 2 miles at 7:00 min/mile pace. I took it easy because I don't want to push it too hard.

I finished up with a half mile cool down.

I have a CT scan this Friday. Hopefully it will show that the blood clots are gone.

I will be serving an LDS mission as soon as my doctor gives me the OK. Maybe I will write more about that later.

Anyway it is good to be running again.

Ran 3 miles.

Basically the same workout as yesterday. I think I will do this workout everyday this week just to get accustomed to running again.

Did a short warm up.

Ran 2 miles. (run just a little faster than yesterday)

Did a short cool down.

Yesterday I had to get some tests done at the hospital for a problem they found while I was in the hospital for the blood clots in my lungs. This problem is completely separate from the blood clots. While I was at the hospital I ran into my Doctor. He asked me if I had started running. I told him that I had just started and that it felt very good with no problems. He was very happy to hear that.

Felt a little muscle soreness from the last couple of days. I guess my body is jut not used to running yet. So I decided to just run 3 very easy miles today.

Did a short warm up run.

Ran 2 miles fairly hard today. Felt really good to run hard. Probably the first time this year that I have really been able to run hard.

Ended with a short cool down run.

I am headed to the hospital this morning for a CT scan of my lungs. It seems like I almost live at the hospital. Today will be the fourth time this week that I have had to go to the hospital.

I ran 5 easy miles today.

This is the first complete week of running I have done since the beginning of the year I think.

I am feeling good and hope I continue to regain my fitness.

PS: Is it just me, or is the comments section of the blog down for some reason.

Ran an easy warm up.

Then ran 5000 meters in 23:06. Felt good.

Ran an easy cool down to get to 5 miles.

Went for a long walk this afternoon.

Ran an easy warm up.

Ran a hard 5000 meters in 20:27 (This is about the maximum capability I have right now. I am looking forward to bringing that time down as I regain my fitness.)

Ran an easy cool down.

I am going to the hospital today to meet with 3 separate doctors. It is going to be a busy day and a lot of waiting in waiting areas.

Ran 7 miles easy today. Feeling a little muscle soreness from yesterday.

Easy warm up run.

12 x 300 m fast with 100 m jog in between.

Easy cool down to get 5 miles.

PM: 5 mile walk in the afternoon.

Ran 7 miles easy.

PM: 3 mile walk

Ran 7 miles easy. This has been good week of running.

PM: Walked a couple of miles. Was going to do more but it started raining like crazy, so I hurried home.

Did an easy warm up run.

Then ran a hard 5000m in 19:58.

Did an easy cool down run to get about 7 miles.

I go to the hospital today to meet with my doctor and get the results from my CT scan. I hope the results are good.

PM: I got the results from my CT scan. They showed that the blood clots in the lungs have almost completely disappeared. That made me so happy. I still have to be on Eliquis for a while, but the doctor says I should be able to do anything I want now.

I went for a 5 mile walk in the afternoon.

7 miles of easy running.

PM: 5 mile walk

Easy warm up run.

3 x 2 miles at a good pace.

Easy cool down run to get to about 10 miles.

PM: 5 mile walk

Ran about 7 easy miles.

PM: 3 mile walk

Easy warm up run.

Ran 5 x 500m hill sprints (walked downhill in between) (I will increase the number of hills as my condition improves.)

Cool down run to get 10 miles. Was able to view the International Space Station fly over as I was doing my cool down run.

PM: 5 mile walk

10 miles at a fairly good pace.

PM: 5 mile walk

Easy 10 mile run.

PM: 5 mile walk

Warm up run.

24 x 200m fast with jog in between.

Cool down to 10 miles.

PM: 5 mile walk

Sore from yesterday.

Did 10 easy miles. I was able to view the full moon (Pink Moon) while I was running this morning. I also had a really good view of the international space station pass over.

PM: 5 mile walk

Looks like there might be rain tomorrow.

Easy warm up run.

Ran 5000m in 19:24.

(My goal for today was 19 minutes or less. I was 24 seconds over my goal. I have decided that when I do a work out and set a goal for the time I want to run, I will put 10 yen (about10 cents) in a jar for each second over my goal. It will become a savings for new running shoes. Today, I was 24 seconds over my goal, so I will put 240 yen ($2.40) in the jar.

Ran an easy cool down to get 10 miles.

PM: 5 mile walk

Warm up run.

7 x 500m hill sprints (walk down). I was only going to do 6 hills but when I got to the bottom of the hill after the 6th hill, there was a real creepy looking guy at the bottom of the hill, so I decided to go back up again hoping that he would go away. When I got to the bottom of the hill after the 7th hill, I didn't see the guy, so I decided to continue on with my cool down, run, when all of a sudden he jumped out of the shadows from somewhere. I gave a scream and took off.

Easy run to get to 10 miles.

PM: 5 mile walk. It was really hot and humid this afternoon. I didn't enjoy this walk at all.