Recovery update - so far

[grumpyoldgirl]

Hi all, I'm a long way from the bridge but I thought I'd pop by and let you know how I'm doing. It's taken me months of slow progress (and sometimes no progress) since I restarted c25k after breaking my ankle last June, but I'm now round about week 5 🥳

Week 5 is problematic for me because of the ramping up of running times in each run - from 3x5 to 2x8 to 1x20. For me, that's too much. So, I've done r1, then r1 with an extra 5 minutes run, then with an extra 3 on top of that... You get the picture.

My latest run was yesterday - a run in the woods through the rain showers, but I ran 4x6 minutes, with 2m30s walking. With the final walk back to the car, I covered 4.5k, and I can't tell you how good it feels to be back on my old routes, with 5k looking like a distinct possibility, at some point. I think I might need a new pair of trainers😏

Photo is the woods but on a less soggy day - back in the spring 🌞

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

That all sounds very promising 👍 the 5K is just around the corner methinks. And what a lovely reminder of a beautiful spring day 🙂

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to Irishprincess]

Yes it was so cheering to see that distance pop up on my Garmin. There's still a long way to go, but now it feels achievable 🤞

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Great progress, that 5k will be run or jeffed and we will wave pom poms and cheer you home. It was rotten bad luck to break a bone and recovery takes ages but I am so pleased you can run again x

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you Sola 🥰

[Yesletsgo Ambassador Graduate10]

Glad to hear you're recovering, it always takes so much longer than you think. Go for the new shoes - if your old ones are on the way out the lack of support can injure your ankles (this is the voice of bitter experience). That'd be the last thing you need. You can always offset the cost of extra physio from the cost of the trainers!!

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to Yesletsgo]

To be fair I don't need too much encouragement Obk, it's only now that I'm running for a bit longer I've noticed that they are not so springy as they once were. They've lasted longer than they should have because of my catalogue of injuries😬 so I'll be happy to follow your advice😊

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

Hi Gog, it's great to hear you are doing so well with your comeback, and super idea to tailor the plan to fit in with your steady building up. Good luck as you move onwards and as IP says that 5k is just there....🤞🏃‍♀️👌🌻🌻🌹🌹xxx

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thank you! Her Majesty is very wise, Blue! And such a temptress..

[Irishprincess Graduate10 in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

😈😈

[Mum22boys Graduate10]

This is great to read and shows all your experience to tailor the plan to you. Keep up with the amazing come back and 3njoy shoe shopping 😉

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to Mum22boys]

Thank you m22b, it could be the longest comeback in the history of c25k, but new shoes will help I'm sure 😉

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

I’m so glad you’re doing so well with getting back into your running again Gog, and it sounds as though you have a good plan for getting there! New shoes are a must I should think!

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Well, I think it's unanimous that I get some new shoes! 😂Thanks, Ogr x

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Pleased to hear you're making progress GOG - even if it's slow, you will get there!👍

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to JonathanP]

Aw thanks JP 😊

[over61andstilltrying Graduate10]

Hello notgrumpy, Apologies for the delay in my reply. I am so pleased to read that progress is being made with your running and I do hope more progress has happened since this post of 11 days ago. 🏃🏻‍♀️😊

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to over61andstilltrying]

Only a little bit of progress, life has got in the way somewhat - having to drive more than I should, and that means having to rest up afterwards. It's not stopping me though, just slowing me down , and fingers crossed is temporary.