Ran [legally] for the first time today since Dec 29th!
- 20 minutes alternating 1 min walk/1 min run (about 5.5 speed on TM)
- 5 fairly easy elliptical miles elliptical, avg HR 165, 130ish strides/min
- achilles lifts (now with added weights)
I had my 4th PT apt today. He did the ouchie Graston/A-stim and then rolled my lower leg. When he said "do you think you can start running a little now?" I literally got butterflies. I may have even blushed. I wasn't going to be able to start that till next week, what a surprise! The achilles did great. I can still feel a tiny something or other going on down there (it wants to be stretched), but he said that is to be expected; it's not nearly like it was when I first injured it.
So I will be able to run every other day for 23 days. I will eventually get up to 20 consecutive minutes of running during these 23 days, then I can start working up to 30 miles per week. After that he said I can do whatever I want! | 