I am back to running and I feel great. For the last week I did nothing but ice massaged my lower right leg for 30 min 3 times a day. I did absolutely no running and stayed off of it for as much as I could. It definitely helped my leg get better. My running group met on Saturday and they were going to do 10 miles. When I got there I told myself, to only run till your leg hurt then turn around. We did a lap around the track (no pain) and stretched. I stretched my right leg more than anything else and headed to our starting point.

I was getting very anxious and nervous starting this run. My leg felt great. It felt like there was nothing wrong with it during the last week. We started the run. Mile 1, I started off really slow, by mile three I started to pick up the pace and kept that pace for the rest of the run. From mile 3-5 was pretty much an upgrade. By the time I got to mile 5 my leg started to remind me that it was there. I turned around and ran another 5 miles. My running partner's knee was bothering him so we walked for about 30 seconds and kept right on running. At mile 7 I began to feel my leg a little bit more but not enough to stop running. The last mile was a another uphill strain for my leg and I started to feel a bit a twinge in my right knee. My best time for 10 miles is exactly 2:00 hours. On Saturday I beat that time by a little less than 2 min. 1:58:45.

I went home ice my leg and took a nap. I feel so good right now. I am so thankful my leg held up next week we have 13 miles to run. The most I have ever ran. I am really excited to run this week! An injury gets me down and less motivated to run. But at the same time it gets me refreshed and reminds me why I like to run.

Have a great run this week!