Ah!

After last Sunday's painful run, with my strained groin muscle, I rested all week, even restricting fast walking, and went on the trainer twice (what torture when you can't even stand up to pedal!). I ran across the street twice to catch a bus and it was painful both times, but yesterday I jogged just a few meters to see how it would feel and it seemed fine. Sort of.

So I went out for a jog today. I decided before going that I would alternate running and walking for 1 minute each, for 15 minutes, and keep my stride as short as I could, being careful to always land my feet below my hips and not to stretch forward.

It went well! I ended up going for 20 minutes. Running was uncomfortable but not painful, as long as I kept my stride short.

So tomorrow I'll go for longer, maybe 45 minutes, but with the same walk-run routine. I won't push it. I'll treat next week as a rest week, but still run.

I'm getting excited about the prospect of signing up for a marathon. Has anyone here ever done the Capital City Marathon in Olympia, WA?