84 Hours...

It took me 84 hours (approximately) before I was able to do any significant running after my 20 mile training run on Sunday. I tried to run for a bit yesterday evening after work but I was only able to do 1 mile. I ran "support-free" i.e. with no ankle or knee brace...

Which in hindsight was probably premature (as demonstrated by the need to stop after 1 mile)

Today I ran a 5K and felt a little better. I still have some residual pain and muscle soreness so I stretched a lot after. I ran with my friends Niqui and Maggie and we kept up a pretty decent sub-12 minute/mile pace (not super fast but we were glad we got the distance completed).

The week so far...

Unfortunately I may not be able to run again until Saturday. And I will probably have to split my long run between Saturday and Sunday (I'm aiming for a minimum of 5 miles each day). I will be away from my normal running spots so I'm hoping that I'll find a nice safe route to run and that the weather isn't too horrible...

(The forecast doesn't make me feel very optimistic though)

Wild and Crazy...

My morning recovery run session turned into an evening session due to unanticipated rain. I typically don't need much convincing to go back to sleep when it's raining outside, so I decided to wait until after work and attempt to run again. 

By the time I got to the park it was almost 8pm but the temperature outside was still really high...

I walked a bit to "warm up" and then did some "sprinting" drills for 1 mile...