This, being a double negative, means I want to run. I DID run! The whole PT thing, to be quite honest, has left me obsessing about what I can and cannot take as far as "safe" pain levels go. Heck, I have no idea what is safe and what is not safe. All I know is that I need to run -- and I will do "anything" to make it a daily thing. Six days a week would be ideal. 5 days is ok too, but the only "way" I can see either of those two things happening is if I monitor my own pain rather than try to equate it to some dumb number. What does 2/10 actually mean?? Maybe I can mentally AND physically take on more than the average person. My body will tell me what I can and cannot take. It took 2 years to fully recover from my 2007 hamstring injury (to the point where my speed was fully restored). Yes, I am 74 now and NOT 58.
So, I broke the PT rules today and skipped my exercises and just got out there on the Harvard track to see what I COULD do -- as far as continuous running goes. No walking between! Sure it hurt a little, but I just cannot believe any of that "hurt" was bad for me. I remember doing it this way back in 2007. Heck, I'm going to see if I can put together 6 miles in 7 days! There are other times I can walk / stretch, etc. Ask any good runner if he or she "likes" interrupting a run with walking and I think the majority will say "No." The solution? Cut the pace down! I'm on it . . .
Today's 1 Mile (Continuous) Run!
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