Yesterday, after a brutal Monday at school -- conferences, ITEDs, papers piling up, first night of pasteup with computer problems -- I got up at 5 a.m. and just went for a run. It was beautiful. Again, I just ran for 20 minutes (walking 6-7 minutes to warm up and 5 minutes to cool down), but it felt great. This is one thing I can truly control at this time.
I am starting to feel better. My achilles soreness is slowly fading away. Until it leaves completely, I will just run easy and not add to my minutes. I will continue to ice it and take ibuprofen and simply be consistent. My weight seems to be slowly going down, too. This morning, I am at 188 -- about a 5-pound loss. It helps to stay away from the junk food and make an effort to eat well.
So I have been at this for five runs and feeling good. I have been telling people who are knowledgeable of the difficulty of my goal and they are very supportive. I'm telling them because I want the support and because I need to be held accountable.
1 comment:
Riley,
Ice is good for the inflammation, but be careful with ibuprofen. Aside from the liver risks by taking too much (you're not doing that are you?) there is evidence that anti-inflammatories retard the long-term healing process. Here are two articles, there are many more:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1320354
This one mentions ibuprofen specifically:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1618949
Keep up the good work.
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