Progress

This weekend I made a little progress on getting back to my normal running routine.  Saturday I did not run.  I went shopping.  And my legs were screaming throughout the day.  But I pressed on, of course.  I iced them Saturday night and took ibuprofen. 

Since I've been on the elliptical all week, I didn't want to start back to pavement with my regularly scheduled long run.  I hope to ease my feet back on to the pavement little by little.  So today, I ran 4 miles on pavement.  And my legs did okay!  Knock on wood. 

Since I didn't do a long run this weekend, I'm planning on doing a long "run" on the elliptical tomorrow.  That'd be 12 miles on the elliptical.  Sounds exhausting.  And then I can start easing back to pavement and trail this week and get back on schedule.  And hopefully my *new* shoes will be here soon!

I will keep icing and keep stretching all week.  Momma tried to help stretch me Saturday night.  ....she tried.  :)  Which I appreciated.  She was a little confused about the whole process, but she tried, like the great momma she is.

Now I'm going to go sulk because tomorrow is Monday.