I went for an outside run this morning. 2.5 miles. Yay!
I surprised myself, in a good way. It’s been pretty much a month since I’ve run anywhere other than the treadmill. And my treadmill runs have been pretty awful. Lots of walking. I think that’s a mental thing between me and the treadmill though.
This morning I ran 2.5 with only one walking break for a hill. My hip feels good today too. Yesterday I walked and it was a little twingy. Then I went to physical therapy and for the rest of the afternoon it was a little more uncomfortable. I often find though that for the hours after physical therapy, I’m more uncomfortable than I was before.
Anyway, I got up this morning, and I felt great. I decided to run 2.5 outside to see how I would do the first time out. In my race July 11, I’ll have to run 3.5 but since today’s run went as well as it did, I think I should be able to push it up to 3.5 in two weeks. Two weeks! Acckkk!!
It felt good to be running again. I’ve been doing other stuff but running makes me feel the best from an “I’ve done something really good for myself today” standpoint. I don’t know why that is. Endorphins maybe?
It was hot today too. And humid. Very, very humid. I went out good and early, around 7:30 am, to try to beat the heat but I don’t think there was any beating the heat today. Again, that I pushed through the 2.5 miles after not running for so long and in this heat, I was pretty pleased with the run.
Tomorrow is a swim and bike day. Tuesday, another run. I’ll be doing a couple of bricks in the next week too. Fortunately, the bike portion of this race is on the short side– 8 miles– and flat, so I should be able to handle that.
This will be my first open water swim triathlon. I have a four-day weekend for the 4th of July so I’ll be heading into the open water this weekend too to see how cold it is. It’s been so warm here, I’m figuring the water will be warm enough to swim without a wetsuit.
At this point, once again, my goal is to just finish the race. One of these days, I’ll get to really train before a race! I think I’ve had enough with the injuries this year.
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Good news on the running. sounds like you are improving and healing. best wishes for a successful week of training
hey Diane,
this is such a good thing. not only the triathalon, but the writing about it etc. good luck with the training. I was on the bike last night (on the road) and it was soo humid. I know what you mean about feeling like you’ve done something good for yourself and feeling of accomplishment. I got into the gym when life was just getting me crazy and it was something that you can point to and say “well that’s a little success, something done well, oh you can do something that doesn’t get f’d up….
good luck..
Good news that you are running pain free
I have no idea what the deal is with all the injuries this year but I seem to be riddled with them and I am not the only one! BOOOO- injuries stay away!
PS- you are right, we have been following each other for a long time…you were one of the first blogs I read!
Great news that you’ve been running outside again.
) I went for a run too at 7.30 am and it was already too hot for me, need to get up earlier even though it’s my vacation.
Tell me about the heat, it’s hot here too (well that’s not as hot as where you are but hot enough
I’m sure you will do great on your race in two weeks.