As I wrote about earlier in the week I took a full week off from running, and while I did some of my PT exercises, did not do the full range. But that week of slack has come to an end!
4 miles, although I was pretty wiped at the end and my left leg had determined that was as far as I was going. But that was more or less my goal: run myself pretty much as far as my body would let me, albeit at a slower pace. I will resume a regular training regimen this weekend. As I have the next week off from work there should be no reason I cannot find the time for the twice a day exercises and stretches, plus get in my requisite runs. And if I can get into that habit over the next couple of weeks, then I should be able to keep all of that up.
The funny thing about all of this, is that while it felt like it had been a lot longer than a week since I ran before I ran, once I started it felt like no time had gone at all. Which is a good sign when it comes to exercise, if someone had told me a couple of years ago that I could get up out of bed and run 5k+ with no ill effects I would have laughed in their face. So, knowing that is how far I have come, there is no reason why I cannot achieve the rest of my fitness goals. Regain my missing will power and reduce my appetite so my weight goes back to my personal goal. Run any race I choose to enter. And by the time I turn 46, have run a marathon. I know I can do all of those things, and knowing I can do it is more than half the battle.
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