On Fri I did hills for the first time and so was a bit sore starting out the weekend. On Sat I helped to load and unload pavers bricks. Using a dolly I would load 6/7 of them then pull them up the driveway and into the back yard. On Sun I spent the day climbing up and down a ladder painting. By Sun night my ankles were sore as heck.
I was sore when I headed out to run on Mon but not too bad and besides, I was excited to go A-fartleking. (hehehe think going a-viking) I have no idea how to use the word fartlek, but you get the drift.
Anyway, Mon went well and I had fun but yesterday I spent a lot of time with very sore/stiff ankles. This morning I headed out for a 3 mi run and when my soreness/stiffness didn't go away by the end of my warm up walk I decided to do 1 mi loops instead of the 3 mi loop I prefer. I'm so glad I did! I wasn't even able to run the whole mile. My ankle soreness caused my form to be way off and by about 3/4 mi in my shins were starting to feel really tight and sore as well. I'm guess I'm willing to run with sore ankles but not willing to tempt the possibility of shin splints. LOL
I'm icing right now and will massage and stretch later. Anything else I should do? I would really like to be able to run on Fri.
Oh yeah! And today I ran across both glass and dog poop on the sidewalks. I used these really neat navigational tools stuck in my head and so was able to move around both very dangerous obstacles to safety so it is possible and can definitely can be done. I mean, if I can do it anyone can!
I was sore when I headed out to run on Mon but not too bad and besides, I was excited to go A-fartleking. (hehehe think going a-viking) I have no idea how to use the word fartlek, but you get the drift.
Anyway, Mon went well and I had fun but yesterday I spent a lot of time with very sore/stiff ankles. This morning I headed out for a 3 mi run and when my soreness/stiffness didn't go away by the end of my warm up walk I decided to do 1 mi loops instead of the 3 mi loop I prefer. I'm so glad I did! I wasn't even able to run the whole mile. My ankle soreness caused my form to be way off and by about 3/4 mi in my shins were starting to feel really tight and sore as well. I'm guess I'm willing to run with sore ankles but not willing to tempt the possibility of shin splints. LOL
I'm icing right now and will massage and stretch later. Anything else I should do? I would really like to be able to run on Fri.
Oh yeah! And today I ran across both glass and dog poop on the sidewalks. I used these really neat navigational tools stuck in my head and so was able to move around both very dangerous obstacles to safety so it is possible and can definitely can be done. I mean, if I can do it anyone can!