Clyde's Comeback!

Most likely taking the day totally off. I've got a serious ankle injury and it's going to be some time before I'm running big mileage and fast races again. Bryce is officially "out". I'm just really hoping TOU half is still a possibility. 

Taking another day totally off. Yesterday my ankle felt better than it has since the injury. I planned on running today but in the night it really throbbed. Swelling is around 70% of what it was at the full swell. So there is still a lot of improvement to be made. 

I'm getting fat.

4 miles on the treadmill this morning. Running on the machine seems to feel the best. Sad but true. Nice and smooth foot strikes every time. It's been super hot. 116 F on Tuesday and 113 F today. Not fun to be working out on a back yard. I've been helping a friend with some landscaping- dirt, sprinkler, sod, curb, block wall ect...

Sasha called me last night and said he was in town and wanted to do a run. So he and Benjamin came over at 5:30 a.m and we hit up the B-hills middle loop. Benny waited at the B-hills church while Sasha and I looped down by the river. 

It was good to chit chat with those guys. It's been a long time since I ran with Sasha (maybe 5 years). Anyways a good run. EZ and slow on the sore ankle. 7:32 avg for the run. 

Ankle feels runnable. Maybe a 6 out of 10. So I'm not taking anymore days off. I'll just run on it and hope that sooner than later I'll be able to train again.

Out and back over to the DC. It rained hard in the night and seemed to be so refreshing to run through town and see all the wet/ soaked streets. But it made things really humid. I didn't leave until after Mik'L got home at just after 7. But I'll take it! What a nice break from the super hot, sunny and painful summer weather we've been having.

As for the run. No watch but pace was honest. Faster than yesterdays 7:30ish avg- I'm guessing I was just under 7 min avg. The ankle is about the same on the pain scale. Running on the left side of the road kills and making right turns hurts worse too. It's still about a size and a half bigger than the other ankle too. But I'm happy and blessed to be out running and very thankful for the rain. 

Since I couldn't run Bryce today and SHatch couldn't either I was able to run with him down the course. His longest run so far was 15 so upping the mileage to 18 was a big step but very doable. We just took it EZ and had a super nice run down the STG course in July. Rain almost the entire run and temps in the 60's. Unheard of! Maybe the best mid summer run ever for me here in STG as far as temps and conditions go. Heath did great too only struggling a little and really no walk breaks. 

My ankle and system felt pretty good all things considered. Lots of Wintercrest and a slower pace helped.