Running Around
The good news is that I got my run in today before the skies opened in deluge. The weatherman has been totally and preposterously WRONG the last week or so. We never got the snow that was threatened, for example, and it was almost 60 degrees today.
One more outing of 30 secs running and 1.5 minutes walking. Then I'll add ten seconds to the run and substract ten from the walk. The plan is to change the ratio gradually and in very modest increments, until I get to 2 minutes running, one minute walking. So far things are going okay.
I am having to exercise significant discipline to not speed up the process. I WANT to run longer and further. But I am also determined to not reinjure myself.
Also, given the continuing exacerbation of my bunions, I'm questioning whether I should be planning to run really long distances. In the grand scheme of things, I'd much rather run for 40 more years than run a marathon, have to have surgery, have it be problematic, and not be able to run at all. We'll see. I'm not going to even THINK about distance training beyond 10 miles until the Galloway program starts up again in May.
In case anyone hasn't noticed, let me just state once more for the record: for me, running is the best mood maintaining medication there is. I am feeling so much better, overall, after just 6 runs, that it's truly astonishing.
One more outing of 30 secs running and 1.5 minutes walking. Then I'll add ten seconds to the run and substract ten from the walk. The plan is to change the ratio gradually and in very modest increments, until I get to 2 minutes running, one minute walking. So far things are going okay.
I am having to exercise significant discipline to not speed up the process. I WANT to run longer and further. But I am also determined to not reinjure myself.
Also, given the continuing exacerbation of my bunions, I'm questioning whether I should be planning to run really long distances. In the grand scheme of things, I'd much rather run for 40 more years than run a marathon, have to have surgery, have it be problematic, and not be able to run at all. We'll see. I'm not going to even THINK about distance training beyond 10 miles until the Galloway program starts up again in May.
In case anyone hasn't noticed, let me just state once more for the record: for me, running is the best mood maintaining medication there is. I am feeling so much better, overall, after just 6 runs, that it's truly astonishing.
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