It has now been one month since I started back running and almost 4 weeks since I had the cortisone shot in my right heel. My running chart hasn’t looked this good in a long time:

My right heel has been holding up great and I have just some very minor soreness in my left heel, but even then, it’s only periodic. I think my worse pain or soreness was actually yesterday. For some reason my hips and inner thighs were extremely sore. I don’t know why as I can’t recall doing anything out of the ordinary. I also tried to go for a run yesterday and I just couldn’t do it. My whole body felt tired. I ran 0.25 miles before deciding I probably needed to rest. I ran this morning instead and I felt fine. Very odd!

The plan for now is to continue running 3-4 miles. I can feel my fitness slowly coming back, but it’s now where near what I’d like it to be in order to start ramping up my mileage.

Posted by derek as Training at 6:25 AM PDT

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After not running regularly for several months, running feels as though I’m almost starting over.  I started running 2 years ago, well, probably not running, but I started the C25K plan just about 2 years ago.  I think I am probably at the stage I was just after I completed the plan.

For the last couple weeks I’ve been running just 3 miles, but even then I had to take walking breaks in the last 1 - 1.5 miles.  Today I managed to run 3 miles without walking and I did an extra mile with a couple walking breaks for a total of 4 miles.  It felt great!

My right heel has been great.  I have had absolutely no pain, discomfort nor stiffness.  Nothing at all all.  It feels perfectly normal.  I don’t know how long it’ll last, but I hope it’s a long time.  I even told my wife the bump at the back of my heel seems smaller, but she says it’s probably just wishful thinking

I have a follow up appointment with my Orthopedic surgeon on Monday to see how my heel is doing.

I am getting very slight stiffness in my left heel, but nothing I am worried about.

The plan for next week is to run 4 miles again on Sunday and then go back to 3-mile runs during the week.

Posted by derek as Training at 8:27 AM PDT

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