2 miles and a Happy New Year!
Posted on Jan 01, 2011 under Easy Runs, Health, Jogs, Milestones, News | 4 CommentsSo 2010 will go down as the year I got my sub 50 10k, and didn’t really do a hell of a lot else runningwise! First it was the shinsplints, and a slow comeback, followed by the PB – then the massive injury at Bolton 10k, a long layoff, physiotherapy, frustration, and then a nice gentle comeback, just getting really back into it, upping the distance – then snow and flu hits and suddenly 2010 is done and gone!
Decided to do my comeback run on the first day of 2011 and hope it sets a trend! Was worried I would have lost all fitness again after a layoff of over a month, and of course losing some fitness is inevitable – but I kept to a gentle pace and completed two miles without feeling under significant duress, which bodes well. Two 10.5 minute miles is not bad to start with considering the time off my feet, and since I usually find the first few runs back really hard, I am quite pleased that I wasn’t feeling half dead! Looking forward to getting back out regularly, and building back up to some nice long runs. As spring approaches, am thinking of entering some more races – will just have to be careful with my frayed finances!
Happy New Year to all readers of this running blog! 🙂
January 3rd, 2011 at 12:45 am
Happy new year from a new follower. I’ve been off with an injury so tomorrow is the first run of 2011 for me. Enjoyed reading through your blog 🙂
January 3rd, 2011 at 2:51 am
Hope your injury is fully cleared up – enjoy your run!
January 3rd, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Thanks! Only managed 2 miles as this achilles niggle I have flared up again 🙁 Meltham 10k race at end of month not looking to promising given it’s all hills 🙁
January 7th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Ah Ally, 2 miles is good – unless you have a hilly 10k coming up, eek… Guess all you can do is play it by ear, and then make a decision on whether you are fit enough for the 10k, or not, in which case you could either pull out, or accept that you might have to walk some of the hills 🙁
Good luck anyway!