Today was a cold rain day. When I left, the temperature was 39, it was raining, and a 10 mph wind was blowing. I need to get a can of silicone spray and spray my nylon running suit, because it didn't keep the rain out. After about two miles, the rain stopped, the wind died down to about 5 mph, and the sun tried to shine through clouds. I took of my nylon jacket and finished the run. I felt great at the beginning of the run but was tired at the end. I've run the 6 mile course 7 or 8 times, but I'm still not used to it. I will be able to run it two more times before my hernia surgery next week. The surgery will put me out of running for 2-6 weeks, I'm not sure exactly how long. My hernia operation in the early 80s kept me from running for 6 weeks.
My wakeup HR was 48.
I had inguinal hernia surgery on Feb.17 and was "running" 11 days after the surgery. The doc said I could. I ran 1/2 mile in 7:00 so it was more of a fast walk. Now 4 weeks after I am thinking about running 1.5 miles in 12 minutes or so. It is nice to work back into running slowly. If I was well I would run too fast and tire myself out. But now I can't wait to run faster so the desire grows daily but I know I must wait and take it easy.
ReplyDeleteHi, glad to that your recovery is going well, and glad to hear that you're listening to your body and acting accordingly :)
ReplyDeleteI used to run marathons and am planning on getting back into that. Thus, my goal for the next year is to get my distance up. Speed training will come later. I don't like to mix the two, because it puts a big stress on my body. I did 11 miles this morning and will be up to 15 by the end of April. At that point, I'll level off and focus on adding a fourth day and later a fifth day and still later a sixth day. These three days that I add will be low mileage rest days.