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20th Consolidation Run

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Today was my first run since my injury and I did a very slow consolidation run. I’ve added 5 or so minutes onto my previous 5K time but I purposely ran in a comfort zone today. I cannot risk injury.

Though the run seemed a step backwards it is actually the first time I’ve completed 5K on my FitBit and I went over 5K as I forgot to turn the run cycle off at 5K. The run seemed to last forever and I kept the inclines to a minimum and elected to run a loop on the flat at the end instead of testing my hamstring on inclines. Too early for that. My left thigh felt a bit tight towards the end and I thought ‘No, not the other leg too’ but that was just rustiness from not running for 8 days.

REM and NRC’s Coach Bennett kept me company on this important run which I’m just delighted to have completed.

I’m back in business!

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pr0fess0rGraduate

Great news David, congratulations!

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DodgylungsGraduate in reply to pr0fess0r

Thanks Lucas!

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LottieMWGraduate

Yay! Fab news! That’s a nice steady 5k to get you back into the swing of things...and you still ran faster than me today 😂🐌

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DodgylungsGraduate in reply to LottieMW

Thank you. Well it’s not the speed that counts!

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LottieMWGraduate in reply to Dodgylungs

Very true 😂🐌

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HeavyFootGraduate

Good news, Dlungs! Slow running can be very enjoyable in itself.

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DodgylungsGraduate in reply to HeavyFoot

Thank you. I’m looking to start stepping it up towards 10K now.

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