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Free Run, Day 10

Tuesday, October 1st, 2023

POST-RUN MORTUM

Time Running: 18:06 – 6 Laps

Distance Achieved: 1.29

Tunage: Classic Rock Shuffle 

My husband will tell you that I do this thing where I severely underestimate the time it will take me to do literally anything. Color me optimistic, but I sincerely believe that if given the right tools and the right attitude, I can and will complete things faster than most humans. Case in point; when we go to visit my family in CT and we drive, I’m like, we can get there in an hour fifteen. Now. That just isn’t possible. I suppose there is some part of my brain that knows this, but still; I am ever hopeful. Colby, on the, on the other hand, swings hard in the opposite direction and adds about an hour and a half on to literally any task. So if you were to ask me how long something would take to get done, and then Colby, if you find the median, that is likely the correct answer. 

Why am I telling you this? Great question. 

I did it again today with my hill training this morning. 

To paint you a picture of my timeline, I had some prep work for a baking project coming up this week, and today was kind of the only time to get it done. Since I’m an earlier riser these days – thank you opening shifts for resetting my entire circadian rhythm – I figured I could get a chunk of that prep done, along with my run, all before going in to work at 11. Easy peasy. I figured I could get everything done and then squeeze in, wait for it, ten laps of the hill course I do. Yeah. In my mind, a lap of this hill course was going to take, like, two minutes. Spoiler alert, it did not. It took me longer than that. Which is ok, it really is. I’m treating my hill and sprint day truly as just training days, and I’m trying really really hard not to focus on the time or the mileage. Well, I’m trying not to focus on it too much. But today was different because I do have to be at work at 11, so there were constraints. 

The first three laps felt really bad. My stride was off and my knee is still not feeling right. To be honest, I’m not even sure I’m supposed to be running on it with how it feels and looks. It’s still swollen and because I’m standing on it for 8-hours a day at work without anti-fatigue mats, it’s not getting any time to really rest outside of when I’m asleep. I think I should schedule another acupuncture session. See if there is anything she can do and also get some more recovery tips beyond the stretching she already told me to do, which, I also could be better about doing with more consistency. By the time I hit my fourth lap, I started to feel better though. I even did a little bit of sprint training up the hill! I got in my 35 long strides and I didn’t feel like death. I did that again on the 6th loop, and just when I thought that I might be able to make it to 10 laps total, my alarm went off, and honestly? I’m glad it went off when it did. I think that was the right amount of time and laps for my knee. I did notice though, that my left ankle is a little sore as well, no doubt a symptom of my left leg picking up the slack from my right leg. 

I really need to get this figured out, because running on an injury isn’t right or good, but I don’t know what to do? I have yet to miss a day, and I don’t want to start now, but is rest what I need? Do I take this week off and focus on other strength training like core and arms? Ugh. I don’t know. This is why I feel like I need a coach proper. I need to find time to go to NYSC and see what the deal is because I’m ready to not be doing this on my own anymore. 

Ok. That’s all. Love you all to the moon and back, and like, one more thing, I’m really fucking proud of those 35 sprint paces I did uphill. That felt incredible.