Though you will catch me walking sometimes, I am a runner again. Starting out slow, and with different arm form, I feel anew. Going slower has allowed me to stop and smell, well, the trees, especially when it rains.
I "ran" 9.5 miles this week- Mon-Wed-Fri included 3 minutes walking and 3 minutes running for an average of about 25 minutes. Today, I did a longer session, with more running periods- 2 min walking, 5 minutes running for about 37 minutes, covering roughly 3.5 miles. During that run, it started to downpour, so much so that it was as if I was being showered by the sky and prancing through bath water all at the same time. Simply amazing.
During the run I felt pain-free, efficient with my improved form, and in not too bad of shape, making me believe that the cross training has paid off. After the run, I felt little ache in the foot and proceeded to do foot drills in the wet grass. The socks were soaked already so it didn't matter being barefoot.
With this new form, I feel like a completely different runner than before the injury. And it just seemed to pop out of nowhere that maybe what I was doing with my arms for the last ten years was incorrect. I guess being on the disabled list and instead watching James's beautiful form helped me to see that. My goals have changed because of this, too. For the fall, I will start over and focus on the distance I was introduced to when I began running in 2000, the 5k.
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