Not much to report on this week. The large majority of the week was spent taking it easy to encourage the healing of the ankle in anticipation of my triumphant return to running on Saturday. It was not so triumphant.
Monday: NROL Stage 4, Workout A. I am not a huge fan of Stage 4. I wasn't when it was Stage 2, and I'm still not now. I workout hard--I'm just not a fan of lunges. Squats any day of the week. Lunges how about no. Regardless, I got in a good burn. 4,480 steps.
Tuesday: Rest day. My ankle was not ready for running and NROL suggests taking rest days between lifting sessions, so my activity was minimal. 3,888 steps.
Wednesday: NROL Stage 4, Workout B. Again, a good burn, but not my favorite. I could have tried to push to get to 10k steps today, but work is making me tired. 8,023 steps.
Thursday and Friday: Rest days times two. I did manage to get in a walk at lunch on Friday, which was awesome. I had seriously missed my walks while babying the ankle. I'm glad that it's not too hot to walk at lunch. Although I am seriously considering treadmill walks on my lunch hour for when we get consistently in the 90s. I don't know how I will get steps in otherwise. 3,607 and 8,720 steps, respectively.
Saturday: This was supposed to be my triumphant return to running. I was supposed to have no ankle pain. I was planning on getting in two to three easy miles as a warmup for my Sunday 6-miler. Well, I did get in two miles, but there was still some ankle pain. The good news is there wasn't any swelling afterward and the pain did not persist. So I really think we're almost healed now. 7,868 steps.
Sunday: Unplanned rest day. After the pain on Saturday, I wasn't willing to give the 6-miler a shot. It just seemed like a bad idea. I toyed with the idea of another short run, but by the time it got cool enough to run outside, I was exhausted. 3,875 steps.
Overall, a rough week.
I hate not exercising. It drives me crazy.
C-R-A-Z-Y.
My 10k is in two weeks. I'm still confident that I can get back on the wagon for half training. As long as I'm healed and ready to start running regularly by the 10k, I'm still on board. I'm mildly frustrated that my ankle is taking so long to heal, but I'm also happy that I'm confident enough to listen to my body.
Almost. There.
So.
Close.
Good job listening to your body! It's super frustrating not being able to workout, but if you don't heal right it'll extend that length of down time. You'll be back at it before you know it!
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