Ct5k W1D1

Yes, i'm at it again, and this time i'm doing it in Vibrams! At least, that's what i did today.

Over the last two weeks i've had a cold.  It was the worst for the first 5-6 days, but it's still been hanging on a bit.  During most of that time i really felt like running, maybe because the heat of the past summer has finally broken. Even after a week of recuperation i was a bit wary because i figured that as soon as i got out of breath i would be coughing up a lung.

I didn't cough once on the run.  I barely got out of breath, actually.  This workout was not strenuous from a breathing standpoint, which is quite nice actually. This past summer i felt like everything on vacation was strenuous only because of breathing whether it was hiking or biking. I didn't get too sore or tired, i just couldn't breathe.  Well today i breathed fine.  I made sure i paced myself, i did reach thresholds where i wanted to stop but pushed through it without too much effort, and thankfully it was nowhere near as strenuous as the first time around.

I was in a hurry today and not aiming for the full workout. I had barely enough time before work and didn't want to push myself too hard when i had an 8 1/2 hour shift directly afterward. So i strapped on my Vibrams, felt great for the first four intervals, and walked through the last two. At the time i felt like i could have done them but i just had a feeling that i shouldn't. Which was a good call as it turned out because my feet, ankles, and calves were sore most of the day.  My feet eventually felt better after halfway through my shift but started complaining again during the drive home.  So at work i was trying to stretch my feet calves and not to groan whenever i had to walk. Standing wasn't too bad, moving just doesn't feel right at the moment because i'm so stiff.  So it was a good call to walk those last two intervals i think. I kind of need to be able to stand while i'm at work.

Tomorrow i go in to work earlier and get off earlier. I shouldn't run, and i doubt i'll be organized enough to get a run or swim in. Right now i'm going to focus on the running for a while and ease back into it. I don't want to dive headlong into a full training schedule when it's going into the off season and technically i'm easing in after an injury. The last thing i need to do is hurt my hamstring again. So right now the focus is diet and running and we'll see where it goes from here.