I started by warming up a bit running the stairs in my backyard for 5 minutes. I have 35 of them leading down to the basketball court. I had never counted before. Then I jumped rope for 5 minutes followed by 5 minutes of bounding and high skipping. Through all of that I felt no pain or even tightness in my hammy, so I did 5 x 1/2 mile easy running with 5 minutes of jumping rope in between. I then finished with 1 easy mile running.
3.5 miles total running-- NO PAIN, NO TIIGHTNESS, NO DISCOMFORT!
I'm not sure how I went from having painfull pop in my hamstring last Monday (making most any kind of forward propulsion painful for 4 to 5 days) to feeling like it is 100% today, but I'll take it.
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