First day back from my little break. I took 6 or 7 days off I think. It felt really nice mentally to take a few days off, but physically I actually didn't like it too much (see previous posts). I did about a 30 minute jog (a little less than 4 miles) around my school. I ran the last few minutes of the jog pretty hard, and I'll admit I was lazy & didn't warm up properly, considering I just jogged a lap and did about half of my dynamics. My cool down was lazy too - 1 or 2 laps. Anyways, after my jog, I went up to the track and did 6x200 sprints with a 50 meter walk inbetween, thinking it would be good to help shake out my legs. Looking back...I think that was a very bad idea. I should not have done any sort of sprint work, or even those fast last few minutes of my jog, on my first day back. I should have taken it easier today, and warmed up and cooled down better. Now my calves are so tight and my right achillies hurts. Lesson learned. I am feeling some ice tonight and a nice long, slow jog tomorrow.
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