July 30, 2007

  • 5.96 miles today. i felt closer to old form in that my energy level was good, i was motivated to run and my endurance was strong. i focused on mechanics, but it was also just good thinking time. i thought through a quandary and it no longer feels like "issue" per se... i guess that's kinda what happens when you're on the road for an hour or so though. it's nothing but you and your thoughts. no distractions. you block out the outside noise. and you are forced to think it through or else the issue in your mind just gets louder and louder. as for the quandary, the conclusion is to just go with the flow and let the right thing happen. be fair. be honest. and the chips will fall where they will. no decisions have to be made. and now as i'm typing, i'm also reminded that whatever the fear, whatever the dislike, (if that's truly the case,) it is ultimately about self and not the other person.

    back to running though- i focused on using my rear to catapult off of the balls of my feet and i found that this also helped with picking up speed. i pretty much took one of my old routes today: to dupont, through rose park to georgetown, across key bridge, small loop in rosslyn and then the same way back. no significant pain, just a little bit of aching on the outside of my feet. we, the royal we meaning my PT, has gathered that some of my new pain is related to my now utilizing new and different parts of my legs and feet to run- it's stress and strain just because of this new utilization... and that's not a bad thing if that's truly the case. i'd like to go for a run again tomorrow evening and see if i can keep this up.

    the route: