flashlight and sidewalk
Evening all!
Finally made it back to the trails after a ~month long hiatus...didn't realize how much I missed it. Did about 9 miles, saw 3 deer and a coyote...I didn't even know there were coyotes in NJ. I noticed a few spots on the trail that looked like a dog had "marked" the trail, but there were no fresh human footprints which I found odd. Low and behold, I rounded a bend and saw the coyote.
QOTD: I've done 3 weeks off due to mismanaged foot tendonitis before I figured out how to deal with that.
PS for Boyjame...I saw a big piece of orange peel that had been flung into a tree... looks like my local fruitarian doesn't let snow stop him!
**Ask me about streaking**
Best wishes Mandy!
Today, I finally got out for a decent long run - I've been moderately sidelined with a bout of plantar fasciitis. I started PT for it on Friday, and the therapist noticed that my bum foot has a very low range of mobility. I'm going to keep up with treatment to fix it up.
My neighbor and I were supposed to go at 8, but at 7:00 he texted me to say it was -5 F outside and hell no he wasn't running till the afternoon. Fine by me! So we started out at 1:30 instead, and had glorious weather in the upper 20s. We got out for 18 miles, 8 of them on trails. We live in a city, and there's a snowmowbile trail going through the reservoirs. Nice trails, and the snowmobiles had packed the snow down. So we didn't have to posthole like sugnim! I had a wonderful run, the first in a long time.
QOTD: The longest I was ever sidelined was for about 18 months after the birth of my second child. I got back out running six weeks after I delivered, but it turned out I was anemic and I passed out cold under a bridge while running. A bum rescued me. Hilarious - he said he was an "expert" at passing out under bridges. But I couldn't really get back out after I got better because the next problem was that my abdominal muscles had separated during the pregnancy and I felt like a bobblehead doll from the waist up. I got the WORST side stitches, abdominal pain - awful. After those healed, I was only 89 lbs from all the breastfeeding. I had a hard time getting back to running when I was barely hanging on nutritionally. I was able to get back out regularly when she was around 2.
Faster Than Your Couch!
No run due to prolonged laziness. But at least I went skating with the kids.
Good luck, Mandy, take it in stride, and I wish you a speedy recovery!
QOTD: 1.5 years after my last pregnancy. I had broken my tailbone, which took a year to heal up to the point where I could walk with only minor pain, and I had a lot of internal injuries and received many blood transfusions, requiring a central access line, which both took a mental toll, so I did not start running again for a while. I guess my confidence was shaken.
It made the 3 months hiatus after incontinence surgery and a broken elbow right when I started up again (both "running injuries") seem short.
Run for fun.