So after talking to my mom last night (I told her how inclines were easier than declines on yesterday's run), she suggested I walk the inclines and run the declines. What a great idea! Why didn't I think of that? So this morning I did a nice walk/run for 45 minutes. Let me tell you, this injury is so weird! Again when I first started walking I could tell my achilles wasn't feeling normal. So I walked up my first incline then ran a flat surface - not too bad. I continued to walk/run. Well really it went walk-run-walk-run-walk-walk-walk-walk-run-walk-run-run-walk. The weird part is that the first half was pretty challenging. Almost as soon as I started running I had to stop. Then when I would walk for about 30 seconds the pain was gone. By about 35 minutes I could barely feel it when running - I was able to run twice as much by the end. However, I did remember that something similar happened when I first hurt myself. I kept pushing through and about 4 miles later (40 minutes) it felt better (still some pain, though) so I kept running. I didn't push it today. Whenever I felt pain I stopped and walked. As of now when I walk I'm fine, which is a good sign. I guess this will be my new workout for now. Thanks mom!
308.25/407.25 miles complete!
YAY!!!!!!!!
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