Since I last wrote, I have established an easy flow to my running routine. I am still running every other day, and the last four times I have gone 22 minutes. My cardiovascular condition is improving -- I feel like I have more endurance through everything I do during the day. The ease in which I proceed through my runs increases.
Today, I ran on the treadmill.
The Achilles tendinitis is still there, slightly, but I don't feel it when I run. I am concentrating on taking quick strides and not putting any undue strain on the Achilles. Then, for about the last three runs, I have experienced some discomfort in my upper butt-lower back-left hip area. It seems to relax/loosen up as I get further into the run. When I lie on the ground, I feel that area sort of relaxing/stretching. It's as if I am taking pressure off it. I think what I will do for that is not push it, do as much stretching as I can, and concentrate on strengthening my abdominal muscles. I need to strengthen my core.
I will be running occasionally with the distance girls on the track team starting in early November. I am preparing for that -- sort of building up to that point. I am really looking forward to going to Fort Dodge tomorrow for the state cross country meet. Some girls I teach will be running, some girls from my wife's school will be running. On top of that, I love the atmosphere -- the cool weather, the positive, well-adjusted, hard-working kids. I believe I was meant to be in this atmosphere, and I embrace it every chance I get.
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Go! Go!
Check out the latest issue of Running Times (on the newsstand this week) and read the article about stretching and traveling (I think that was the article). Anyway - the article was talking about how stretching in one area helped and elite runner gain relief in her Achilles tendon. Not that you are suffering from the same malady but I really think you're on the right track in searching for relief through a different body position.
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