Today I ran 3 miles with a time of 26:26.
My run tonight was a testament to how important it is to treat an injury right. Yesterday, I injured my left foot, rolling my ankle pretty intensely. However, I was able to get home right away and ice and elevate it. It was feeling much better but still sore this morning, but then at lunchtime I did a little bit of yoga, and amazingly, after putting a lot of pressure on the foot during yoga, the pain swelled up for a little bit and then virtually disappeared. Tonight, I could feel no pain at all while I ran. Craziness.
The run in general felt extremely easy, and I even had to stop at one point to tie my shoe, so my time would have been even faster if not for the about ten second stop. I was running late at night, so it was much colder and sweat was not a factor. I also ran downhill today in order to put less pressure on my foot, so that contributed to my time. But what I'm happiest about is not my time, but how smooth and easy this felt. Three miles truly has become a simple and doable distance for me.
I also stopped by a running store and, with the help of an excellent sales rep, or should I say "Shoe MD" as it said on his name tag, got a wonderful new pair of shoes. I'm going to withhold judgment on them until I run in them for the first time, which will be on Saturday, but I'm confident they'll be solid shoes. I also caved in and purchased a headband! Look out!
See you on Saturday!
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