So, I left off on the 27th. Here is my running log since then.
May 27th: 1 mile
May 28th: 7 miles!
May 30th: 3 miles
June 2nd: 2 miles
June 5th: 6 miles!
So, you're probably looking at the 7 mile and 6 mile runs I did in the first month of my BF transition and thinking that I'm one of those goofballs that is going to get injured. Well, you are right
I didn't intend to run that far, I just went with my good ol' buddy who took me out on the trails and never mentioned that the run was going to be 7 miles. We are such good buddies that we talked the whole time and I barely realized how long I had run. I was really surprised and a little scared once I finished and found out how long the trails actually were.
The day after my 6 mile run I felt a slight, but sharp pain in my achilles tendon as I would go down stairs. BUMMER!
So, I decided to take some time off. I didn't run for 10 days, a little over what I've seen recommended for stage 1 achilles tendonitis. I think mine was like a stage 1/2 Anyways, I felt great. As I said earlier, I thought that my original plan was too conservative, so I decided to start things back up again at around 2 miles.
June 16th: 1.75 miles
June 17th: 1 mile
June 20th: 3 miles
June 21st: 3 miles
I know this doesn't look like a very gradual progression, but once more I found that I was not running alone and was compelled to increase my mileage. So, I blame that on my girlfriend who had come to visit and was crass enough to be in better shape than me and capable of running farther. Luckily I made it through the week with no problems to speak of. Then I figured I could run lots of low mileage days to build up strength and avoid injury.
June 29th - July 8th (10 days): 1.5 miles each day
This seemed like a good idea to me, but apparently I was not ready for that much weekly mileage. I probably should have run every other day, because on July 8th my achilles tendon began bothering me again. It was not quite as bad as the last time, but I didn't want to try for that. Here I am now taking another week off from running. I'm planning on going with the same approach as last week, but running every other day instead of making it a daily thing.
May 27th: 1 mile
May 28th: 7 miles!
May 30th: 3 miles
June 2nd: 2 miles
June 5th: 6 miles!
So, you're probably looking at the 7 mile and 6 mile runs I did in the first month of my BF transition and thinking that I'm one of those goofballs that is going to get injured. Well, you are right
I didn't intend to run that far, I just went with my good ol' buddy who took me out on the trails and never mentioned that the run was going to be 7 miles. We are such good buddies that we talked the whole time and I barely realized how long I had run. I was really surprised and a little scared once I finished and found out how long the trails actually were.The day after my 6 mile run I felt a slight, but sharp pain in my achilles tendon as I would go down stairs. BUMMER!
So, I decided to take some time off. I didn't run for 10 days, a little over what I've seen recommended for stage 1 achilles tendonitis. I think mine was like a stage 1/2
Anyways, I felt great. As I said earlier, I thought that my original plan was too conservative, so I decided to start things back up again at around 2 miles.June 16th: 1.75 miles
June 17th: 1 mile
June 20th: 3 miles
June 21st: 3 miles
I know this doesn't look like a very gradual progression, but once more I found that I was not running alone and was compelled to increase my mileage. So, I blame that on my girlfriend who had come to visit and was crass enough to be in better shape than me and capable of running farther. Luckily I made it through the week with no problems to speak of. Then I figured I could run lots of low mileage days to build up strength and avoid injury.
June 29th - July 8th (10 days): 1.5 miles each day
This seemed like a good idea to me, but apparently I was not ready for that much weekly mileage. I probably should have run every other day, because on July 8th my achilles tendon began bothering me again. It was not quite as bad as the last time, but I didn't want to try for that. Here I am now taking another week off from running. I'm planning on going with the same approach as last week, but running every other day instead of making it a daily thing.
