Back at it

I just finished my first run in a month, having taken off since July 22 to rest my injured leg. I did a slow 3.7 miles today (38:54), just taking it easy - and it felt wonderful to be able to be out there again (though strange). I experienced no problems, or pain in my legs - but I can sure tell that I lost a lot in conditioning during the month off! (Not that I was in very great shape before, mind you.)

Restarting

Since injuring my leg in an early morning run on July 22, I have not run, trying to treat it with an excess of caution and patience in allowing it to heal. In recent days I have been doing consistent lengthy walks. However, I saw a therapist yesterday, who opined that, in my patience, I had done well, and since I was now pain-free, I could in good conscience resume working myself slowly back into running. So I plan to do an initial easy, short run (4 miles) tomorrow morning - short in contrast to my usual lengthy Saturday runs of, generally, between 6 and 10 miles.