Archive for September, 2009
Onwards and Upwards!
Who would have thought it? My fourth run of the week! Yet another run/walk combo (I hate that word — don’t know why I used it), but this time a little further. In the back of my mind I had a goal of run/walking 5.4 miles today to bring my total mileage for 2009 up [...]
The Comeback Continues
The comeback continues. Same workout as Tuesday but with an extra mile of running and an extra chunk of walking tagged on at the end. The weather was appalling on the drive home from work. In the pre-stress fracture days, the treadmill would have been a great option for a rainy/windy afternoon, but with strict [...]
Slightly More Progress
Luckily the left foot responded positively to Sunday’s easy two miler, so after a brief spin session at home last night, I was able to run again today. Actually, after reading a good article on “returning to running after a stress fracture” I decided to mix in a bit of walking to break up the [...]
Finally…
Okay, here it is, the moment several of you have been waiting for (yes, I’m sure you know who you are!!) – a short video of my return to running after six weeks out with a 2nd metatarsal stress fracture: First Post-Stress Fracture Run from steve speirs on Vimeo. The two mile run was aerobically [...]
