I'm very happy today. I was planning to do an official 5K today but injured myself (achilles or soleus, still not 100% sure), as I've mentioned above, right before I signed up so was not able to run for the past two weeks. Gradually the pain decreased to the point that the last few days I felt totally back to normal.
Now I wish I had signed up for the event after all since it was cheap (150 pesos or around $10), for a good cause, AND I would not have been DFL. I happened to catch the tail end of the run on my walk this morning, and there were a bunch of older local women walking with friends and chatting. They were walking slowly and just doing it for the cause or the fun of it, not to make any certain time.
The reason I am happy, though, is that I started out doing a walk this morning and was feeling so good that after a long warm-up, I tried jogging. I figured I'd go a quarter- or half-mile, but I was feeling so good (and no pain whatsoever in the achilles or calf) that I ended up running somewhere between 1 and 1.5 miles (did not have my GPS) out of my 3+ mile walk. I kept it to a slow jog and felt like I could have gone all day!
So I'll be easing back into it, but I am not going to do speedwork again for a looooong time, if ever, as that is how I injured myself. I'll just stick to my usual moderate pace and be very happy that I can do that.
Emily
2011 Jamis Dakar XC "Toto" - Selle Italia Ldy Gel Flow
2007 Trek Pilot 5.0 WSD "Gloria" - Selle Italia Diva Gel Flow
2004 Bike Friday Petite Pocket Crusoe - Selle Italia Diva Gel Flow