Back on program

After nine excrutiating days off resulting from a fluke softball injury, I am happy to report that I am running again. It took me a few days to get my walking gait back to normal after limping for so long, but things were feeling good yesterday. Hubby was going for an easy 5K, so I tagged along and it felt pretty good. I definitely felt a little out of shape from not exercising at all for a week and a half, but my ankle was fine and I was thrilled!

I got up early this morning and planned to run 10-12K depending on how I felt. As it turns out, I misjudged the route and was nowhere near home by 10K. I ended up running 13.5K at 5:33 pace (felt better than I expected). My legs started getting heavy around 11K but I blamed it on not eating sufficiently yesterday (barely ate a bite after 4PM because I was helping out at a 50th Birthday party...I didn't even touch the cake!). The last couple KM's were tough, but I pulled through. My program called for 14K today, so it appears that I am right back on track and this whole ankle debacle is nothing but a blip on the radar. WOOHOO!

Plan for this week is:

Monday: rest
Tuesday: 8K
Wednesday: 5K
Thursday: softball
Friday: 5K
Saturday: 6K
Sunday: 10K Mud Run + softball
Total: 34K