{"id":1258,"date":"2024-06-13T19:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T19:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liveplayrun.com\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2024-06-13T19:00:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T19:00:56","slug":"embracing-the-journey-slow-going-is-still-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liveplayrun.com\/?p=1258","title":{"rendered":"Embracing the Journey: Slow Going is Still Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read <a href=\"https:\/\/liveplayrun.com\/?p=1240\" title=\"\">here<\/a> about my successful week 1 of C25k training. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Now for week 2&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I did workout 1 of week 2 Saturday, June 1 and it went well. I felt good after&#8230;no pain! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Couch to 5k (C25k) week 2 workouts consist of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">5 minute warm-up walk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Then 6 repetitions of 90 seconds running and 2 minutes walking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">So that&#8217;s a total of 9 minutes running, just 1 more minute than week 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The following Monday I did workout 2 of week 2 which was the same exact workout. It was a rainy early morning. After my right foot didn&#8217;t hurt but it didn&#8217;t feel fine. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liveplayrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image.webp?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1271\" style=\"width:351px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liveplayrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image.webp?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liveplayrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liveplayrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image.webp?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In retrospect, with the rain, I wasn&#8217;t paying as much attention to my form and also was probably running a bit faster as well. There is nothing like running in the rain to make you feel like a badass!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I pressed on and Wednesday did workout 3 of week 2, the same workout. Again, I wasn&#8217;t necessarily feeling pain in the foot but it felt like a tingling or pulsing feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At my last PT appointment (May 31) prior to this, Jen had said I could probably start coming every other week. I said I&#8217;d see how it goes and evaluate. From the above after Monday I was unsure and then after Wednesday how I felt I kept my appointment and saw her June 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">She tested me and checked things. For once my neck has been feeling fine and she even commented it wasn&#8217;t tight. And, I was testing with the same strength and &#8220;hadn&#8217;t lost anything.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It could be my body getting used to running again and also with my &#8220;strong pattern&#8221; it&#8217;s like my body is fighting. Running is repetitive and the right side is pulling. I&#8217;m staying on my right side longer which is putting pressure on that foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">So it seems this will be slow going. She said I could keep running &#8211; definitely not progress to week 3 of C25k training &#8211; and perhaps go back to week 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">While I thought oh I have this plan all laid out I will follow and by end of July perhaps be ready for a 5k&#8230;what&#8217;s that saying &#8220;make plans and God laughs&#8230;&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">However in reality this is part of SOME plan &#8230;I am doing my best to keep believing in that.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liveplayrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0610.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1273\" style=\"width:257px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liveplayrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0610-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liveplayrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0610-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liveplayrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0610-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liveplayrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0610-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liveplayrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0610-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I then took Thursday and Friday off running. Thursday I did lift and ride the peloton bike and Friday went for a long walk on Emerald Isle beach (so beautiful!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Saturday I went back to the workout of week 1 of C25k : walk 5 minutes, and 8 x (60 seconds running, 90 seconds walking). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mostly there were sore lower legs and both feet &#8211; from walking on the beach &#8211; I&#8217;ll take that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Again, this seems that it&#8217;s going to be &#8220;touch and go&#8221; and slow-going&#8230;I can&#8217;t help but wonder if I should throw in the towel. Yet, I know what running does for me &#8230;. it does so much&#8230;.physically, mentally. It&#8217;s been a huge part of me and my life for many, many years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Another recent example is I had a bad dream and woke up with that bad feeling, hard to shake and I knew I just had to get outside and get moving. That&#8217;s part of what running does for me &#8211; turns my mood around &#8211; helps shake the negative sense off and changes my energy for the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Back to the beginning and start again it&#8217;s been. I have now repeated week 1, all three workouts. Going to try week 2 again this weekend!<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read here about my successful week 1 of C25k training. Now for week 2&#8230; I did workout 1 of week 2 Saturday, June 1 and it went well. I felt good after&#8230;no pain! 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