"There's only one hard and fast rule in running: sometimes you have to run one hard and fast."








Monday, March 30, 2015

Starting from scratch

I keep getting asked if I'm running at all and then getting asked to join someone to run 30-40 miles of trails at 6 AM, as if those go together somehow. Here's what starting from zero - real zero, not "I took six weeks off after running 80 miles per week for 9 months" - looks like:

February

1  0 miles
2  0
3  0
4  0
5  0
6  0
7  3 in 27
8  3 in 29
9  0
10 0
11 0
12 0
13 0
14 0
15 0
16 0
17 0
18 0
19 0
20 0
21 0
22 0
23 0
24 2 in 18
25 0
26 0
27 0
28 0

March

1  0
2  2 in 18
3  0
4  0
5  0
6  0
7  6 in 55
8  0
9  0
10 3 in 26
11 5 in 46
12 6 in 59
13 0
14 6 in 55
15 6 in 57
16 0
17 3 in 27
18 2 in 19
19 1 in 10
20 0
21 6 in 56
22 6 in 62
23 0
24 6 in 54
25 6 in 60
26 6 in 60
27 0
28 6 in 54
29 6 in 57
30 0
31 6 in 53

It's taken a lot of work, but I've found a way to run (relatively) pain-free with only ten minutes per day of rehab exercises. It's a start.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's a great start. Build slowly. Welcome back.

John K