Well, today I made it back to my group for the first time since early December. It was great to see everyone again, although it was dark so I'm not sure how much I saw. It was great to talk with them again and get caught up on things. I'd spent the last several weeks cross-training and running very short intervals, just trying to get my form better and mainly trying to retrain myself to feel more relaxed when I run. It's a slow process but I think I'm getting there. I had been carrying a lot of tension and tightness in my shoulders and upper body which was making it painful to run, so my goal for the past several weeks was to retrain my muscles to feel relaxed automatically. I found out today I still need to think about it, things are not automatic yet, but it is getting better. I ran 4 miles with them, and then when we got back to where the cars were I decided to stop because I didn't want to have too much fun my first time back. Except for some slight soreness in my shins, it was a good run. Even the snow and wind wasn't too bad. |