Rehabbing it.

Well, I'm finally starting to run again. I did my best over the last three weeks to keep up the cardio work. I got a few hours on the eliptical and several times in the pool. I've done a couple short, slow runs this week and everything feels really good. I have to thank the Athlete's Foot staff person for fitting me with a good pair of shoes. The Brooks Glycerin. Apparently, I didn't need all that stability, it may have been keeping my tendons from bending enough, or something like that. I had always thought that I was an over-pronator, but apparently, I have a very normal foot strike and roll. I need a lot of cusion, and my arches are flat and wide, so most of the pressure is on the outer part of my foot. The two runs I did were about 2.5 and 3.5 miles. I'll try to go do a 6 or 7 miler this weekend, i think.

Since I wasn't running as much in the last couple weeks, I took the time to get my mountain bike functioning and I am stoked about having it ready, now. I've done 3 rides now to McAllister Park. It has a bunch of trails that are a blast to ride on. It's the first time for me to really do actual off-road biking, but it really is a lot fun. I'm looking forward to incorporating it more into cross training.

I've got about 3 weeks left until a race I've been hoping to do. It's a 10k and I was hoping to try for a personal best. I'll have to see how I progress of the next three weeks before I decide to try for it or not, if not, I'll have to look for another race to run later.