After a short run on the local sidewalks on Thursday (painless while running, awful after), I decided I needed to give over and become one with the gym treadmill again. So after a day off to recover from Thursday, yesterday saw me at the local Anytime Fitness, where a 2 mile walk/jog (at 12:00) on the treadmill went very well. Physically, anyway – there was no pain during or after. I was ready to scream from boredom after just 2 miles, but it beats doing nothing. I found that I hadn’t lost too much off the core fitness and upper body strength when I picked up my old routine, which was good news.
So. The new plan is to slowly up mileage on the treadmill while continuing to stretch and foam roll and ice. Also to eat less, as the drop from 25 miles a week to 3 miles a week has not been matched by a drop in caloric consumption. I’ve put myself on a fruit/vegetable and low-fat animal protein diet. Summer is an excellent season for that.
And while I’m healing up, I’m finding all kinds of fun chores to take up the weekend time normally spent running, recovering from running, and preparing complex and highly caloric meals. Today is a painting project long postponed.
