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Am I Running Again?

/ Melissa (I Crashed the Web) / 9 Comments

Are you still injured? Are you back at running? How are you feeling?

Those are all questions I get asked. And the answer, is that I don’t know!

I decided to give running a try this week, but slowly/short runs only. Meaning, 2 runs – a 1 mile and a 3 mile.

During each run, I felt a little tight, but nothing else.

After each run, I did stretching and felt a little tight, but nothing else.

Did I feel normal? No. Is the tightness actually tightness or is it the injury starting back up again?

I don’t know! So we’ll see how next week goes. In the meantime, here’s how this week looked:

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Cycling my way to sanity

/ Melissa (I Crashed the Web) / 13 Comments

For me, running has always been my key to my sanity. Crazy week at work? Start the day with a run. Feeling anxious? Go for a run. Too much going on at home? Get some me time with a run. The past two weeks, however, I’ve had to adapt. Be flexible. As my hip adductor still heals, I’m trying to keep active on the bike and minimal weight lifting (focusing on arms) plus core work. I am enjoying switching it up, but still miss the feeling I get when running.

I’m going to try running again soon and if it still hurts, likely make an appt with a sports medicine dr and then PT.

Here’s how the full week looked:

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