This week, I had two appointments in regards to my injury. The first was to my PT. He said that it would be ok if I added some light jogging into the walks as long as it’s not hurting. He gave me advice on posture and how to walk with less pain in my lower back.
The following day, I saw the ortho. He was pleased with the progress so far and we talked about the different exercises that I have been doing and he was happy for me that I was able to start to work my way back to eventually running again.
That was Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. Yesterday, being Friday, I took myself for a test drive. I have been meaning to be upping the distances that I walk, but this week hasn’t seen much of anything. Not even a day or two on the bag. I digress, I was so excited to be outside and moving slightly faster than what I have been doing. I could feel the tightness in the back of my thigh, and just focused on keeping it slow, and not running too much. Didn’t want to hurt myself only a few days after being told I could do this. It was such a lovely evening. The lake and the clouds were stunning. And I can’t say if I like the black and white ones better than colored ones or not. Each brings much to the table. The colored ones are bright and the colors simply glow and fade into one another. The black and white ones have so much more detail in every aspect of it. And since it’s fall outside, the colors are changing and starting to look so damn amazing.
This morning, I got up and saw what the sky was doing and got dressed with a quickness to get out there to get a photo of the sunrise. It was well worth it. I can tell that I was less strong today in the run, as well as tired. I could feel my leg hitting the ground but that tightness is still there. I can foresee a lot of stretching in my future. Both days, I did do at least 30 minutes of stretching following the runs. I just want to take a nap now too….. I think a good strategy in life that I have recently read about is defineing success by how many naps I take in a week and how many times I was able to say no and keep my boundaries. What a fabulous idea!! That is the life I will aspire to!
My leg felt heavier today than it did last night. When I left the house last night, I had put on my happy music and took long steps and smiled and just felt so good. This morning I put on the music but the shorter, more tired and relaxed steps were happening. I knew I was overdressed within a half mile too. I was sweating already. Which is fine, I like that, just not if I don’t have to.
My reward for the day is going to be taking myself out on a date with the family to go see a movie. I’m super stoked to go see it because I didn’t think that it was going to come up here at all. Clerks III is playing and I can’t wait to go see it. I really love the movies that Kevin Smith has made thus far and so I’m pretty excited about this one too. And it’s got the return of Jay and Silent Bob. I dig those dudes.
Anyhow, it’s time to do other stuff before I go play. Like eat dinner or something. 😁😎
The Morning High Runner 