Aww Running! I have missed you. Last recorded run on Strava August 23rd. On August 24th, I broke my scapula (shoulder blade) and, although not fully recovered, that'll be several weeks yet, the shoulder muscles have done a sterling job keeping the bits of blade together, healing sufficiently quickly that the medics gave me the green light to run again, with caution.
I threw caution to the wind I must admit. All these weeks not running, pent up frustration and 2 weeks back at work stresses built up, I couldn't wait to get on the road.
I have been a 5k regular since graduating C25K in March this year, but this evening, on my first outing since the accident, I reached 5k with relative ease and with great pleasure. Perfect evening for it; cool zephyr, sun setting - well hydrated and carb'd-up from a good lunch in anticipation of the run.
I was expecting to achieve 3k or thereabouts, with some walking breaks between, but when running, I didn't get those feelings, was waiting for the toxic 10s, never came!
I ended up passing 5k, because I felt that good. Sure the shoulder began to ache, but was manageable, bearable. I felt it getting worse, and as my body started to agree with my mind that I should stop soon because of it, I hit 6k just shy of 34 mins, which I couldn't believe.
Day of rest tomorrow. I think 6k may be too much too soon to go for every run from now, so will target 5.5k for a while on my journey to 10k - which begins today!
Happy Day