recovering from injury | TooTallFritz

I’m still running happy ~~unlike the miserable swim I had last night~~! This morning was a glorious 63 degrees when I hit the road. Between the temperature and the fact that I didn’t get rained out ~~again~~, I was near ecstatic. I’m a cool weather runner and feel “perfect” around the 55 degree mark but 63 is still good. It’s certainly much improved over the 80s, 90s & 100s which we have been experiencing.

Today was calm, cool, clear and the moon lit the way perfectly.

I ran an easy 5 miles and could have gone further ~~if I didn’t have to go back inside so Mick could leave for work~~. I’m definitely not pushing the pace but just enjoying being back on the road. I averaged 9:50s. Of course, I felt much faster like I was sailing an 8:30 to 8:45 but each beep of the watch brought me a 9:50ish.

I didn’t have any pain until mile 4 and then I could feel a little heat at the tear site of the tendon. It wasn’t bad but I could feel it. Now, post run, what I really feel is the Plantar Fasciitis in that foot. Yes, I took 2 months off without one day of running and my Plantar Fasciitis is still throbbing. Awesome, I know. We’ll knock that out next, right? One day at a time. No more. No less.

I hope you were able to get out this morning to enjoy the cooler temps! Do you prefer morning or evening runs? Are you in short sleeves or a tank at 63 degrees or do you go to long sleeves?

** Running Happy ** Amanda – TooTallFritz ** amanda@tootallfritz.com

I’m going to back step a bit to Friday. Normally I don’t go back to workouts that I don’t talk about because we are all adults and hey, I assume you are working out even when you don’t tell me, so I’d like to think you give me the same courtesy. Right? 🙂

Friday started with a pool swim ~~after I wrangled my little man to daycare~~. I normally knock out 1.2 miles, the half iron swim distance, in the pool before most people have breakfast on Friday mornings. Here is a lovely pic of me in the locker room ~~wishing my swim were already over~~.

The pools have been overcrowded due to summertime maintenance and I swear the water temp has gone up 10 degrees since school has been let out. Not ideal. Somebody suggested the schools may have raised the water temps because of the younger kids & swim lessons, I’m not really sure but I couldn’t catch my breath on Friday. I was short on time as it was and never really got my rhythm. It was humid & hot. I was miserable. I only had a half hour to swim and only managed .71 miles. Bummer. I was slow. I couldn’t breathe. I let the ~~million~~ extra people in the pool bother me. I wanted to leave way before my time was up. What do I do after a bad swim? Shake it off! No big deal. It’s like having a bad run or a poor workout. I just let it go and know that its not a reflection on my swim ability but that it was just a bad day. Swimming is just like any other workout, some days are great, others not so much. Please DO NOT let a bad workout zap your confidence. It happens to all of us, even people who get paid to run/TRI have bad days. It happens.

The good news, I am a week ahead of the recovery/rehab schedule. Possible reasons why: 1) I’m lucky? 2) I have been icing 8-10x each day? 3) God is concerned about my mental health? 4) I have been taking it easy and NOT doing anything that is not previously “okayed” by Dr. Alexis? 4) I have been making Aby do all the hard work at the house? 5) I have a positive attitude?

I’m not sure why things are going well; I’m just thankful!