Slept in again. Lots of stretching at night. I woke up at 4:30 but decided to go back to sleep. I could feel my knees healing. The night stretches are wild. My hips and lower back. I need to get in an ab ripper workout. Always good for the lower back. After all the stretching out and crunching the barnacles. I need to then reinforce.

It felt as though I regressed after waking up and walking around. Knees still a little wobbly. Time off running is part of the cure. But then realized driving to work, that getting actual workout in helps to boost the system to do the repair work needed. So. We took some time off running but can’t lose sight of what is needed to actively recover. Time is of the essence. It feels like forever ago that I went for a run. (Sunday morning) it’s Wednesday today. We have almost exactly 2 months till the big km day. 2.5 weeks till the half.

The half marathon sounds fun, with the whole setup along the route and the finish line. I just don’t want to wreck myself on it to jeopardize the big run.

I’m making steady progress but this latest mini setback is annoying. It’s the smart thing to do tho. Not running and allowing my body to recover from more work. More km. Definitely most km I’ve ever done. Combo the workouts and it’s no wonder the body is sore. I’m looking forward to getting out again. Working my way up again. I think something in the morning tomorrow. Make it light. Then lunch time another something light. I think it’s good for the mitochondria. And then the proper stretches. And to get the proper muscle builders. This is part of the training I guess. Which is also something I’ve never really done for myself physically. I’m in tune with my body. And how to fix these things. There’s lots of info on YouTube. So just keep after it. We are getting stronger. Having this impact type setback now is good. Wish I’d have gone through it sooner. But we had other issues picking up running. So. It’s all part of the process.

Getting the Thera cane in my leg. Good to make use of it at work. It’s easier to do that stuff when working from home. We’ve got a couple days this week to get it done. Build up my km again. Building my endurance. My muscle fatigue thresholds. Find my cadence, need to be smoother, lighter on my feet. It’s faster than my slow and steady all day pace tho which is a little tricky to figure out.