It’s been a week and half since my first treadmill run and I can see progress already. Not only can I see progress, I can FEEL progress. Following my PT’s guidance, I’ve been taking two full days off after each run to allow my body to heal and get stronger. This is something that I thought I was paying close attention to pre-injury, but now that I’m not in the midst of the noise that comes with a full on training cycle, I can hear my body speaking to me in more subtle ways than before. Before injury, I was a years long period of pushing the parts of my body that were the least sore and tired in rotation. Running, weights, cycle, and repeat and repeat with yoga in between. Most days had two workouts, dozens of days had three , very rarely were any days that didn’t have anything.
Not sure how this is going to shape my training plan coming, but I’m thinking it will be more based around time on feet/saddle + quality distance and not distance + quantity. I’ll definitely post about it here as it starts to shape up.
| Run # | Date | Run/Walk Intervals | Distance in miles | Time | Pace Avg/Top |
| 1 | 12/19/18 | 30/90 second | 1 | 16:27 | 3.7/4.7 |
| 2 | 12/23/18 | 30/90 | 1.47 | 21:16 | 4.1/5.1 |
| 3 | 12/26/18 | 45/75 | 1.5 | 20:10 | 4.5/5.3 |
| 4 | 12/29/18 | 45/75 | 1.58 | 20:14 | 4.7/6.0 |
So, How has the running been going? Good! As you can see from my data above, I’m gaining confidence in my running stride and the pace/distance is improving. I haven’t got the sense that knee wants to buckle as much and my stride isn’t as “hoppy” as the first couple of runs. There is still a unevenness to my gait that I can’t quite identify, but I’m sure PT Jon will figure it out. I suspect that since I’m getting more confident and my pace is increasing, things are smoothing out. I’ve always been a “bouncy” runner.
Between run #2 and #3 was Christmas. While running around doing some final Christmas shopping, I decided to pick up some new running shoes. One of my nearby running stores CapitalRunWalk had some Addidas Boston Boost 7’s on the clearance table for $59, so I picked them up in place of my beloved On Cloudflows. I’ll save that purchase for when I get ready to transition off the treadmill as a reward.
I also ordered some cheaper bluetooth headphones from Amazon for myself a stocking stuffer. I’m not happy with them, they tend to fall out and the music quality is not the best. The low end of the music is almost completely lost. I’ve still not found any earbuds that make me happy as my $20 wired Yurbuds. They lock in my ear, sound great, and have lasted a couple of years. I’ll keep looking.