I think I can say that I'm 100% back to running normally now. A couple of weeks ago, I signed up for my first race since my broken ankle. The Hot Chocolate 15K on November 4th. A 15K is about 9 miles. I figured this would be a challenging distance to work up to post-injury, but not super intimidating and that training wouldn't take over my life. Plus, I really love this race. The cold weather...the hot chocolate waiting for you at the end...the great swag they give you.
(Does anybody want to run this with me, by the way? As of now I'm flying solo, which is fine, but I'd love some company!)
I started my training today. Previously, I'd run up to 4 miles, so I figured two months before the race I'd start adding one mile to that per weekend and then do some shorter runs during the week. Today I reluctantly headed out for a five mile run. And I killed it. I averaged about 9 minutes, 50 seconds per mile, in the humidity, after having a couple of drinks last night. This is as good or better running than I was doing a year ago, before I got hurt. Although it was sweaty, hard, and I'm still rocking a beet red face, I felt no real pain during the workout (although I'll be stiff tomorrow in my ankle, I have no doubt).
Whoo hoo! Now we just have to get Kevin well.
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