Despite the fluctuations in the weather, I have to say, this winter has been WAY better than last year. I enjoyed a spring-like run commute home yesterday and almost had to take off my jacket it was so warm! My bad leg felt stiff and would get tighter as I ran but it never got to the point where it stopped me from running altogether. My lower leg bones also never transformed into iron so that was also a blessing. The frequent stop lights helped I think. To top it all off I even managed a PB (post accident) managing about a 8 minute per km average pace. Yuppers I was stoked. SO stoked I resolved to eat a healthy dinner so I made brown rice (I never make this, it takes way too long in my book) with olive oil and fresh veggies.
This morning my leg feels pretty good. I'm getting the odd twinge of pain but its nothing too serious, although it does hurt like hell when it hits. I often think about the bionic leg brace when that happens and wonder if it would help mitigate this pain. Still, the idea of wearing a thigh to ankle leg brace isn't appealing so I'm sticking with my current routine and finding out how far I can go and how hard I can push myself before I try any more interventions. Today I managed a 15 minute pushup/squat/ab routine (thanks Livestrong) and a mile long walk from the bus terminal to work. Later I'm planning to do the run commute thing again but depending on how the leg feels I might not do the whole 5km and just stick to an easy 3. We'll see how it goes.
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