Week one was fine, week two was okay, week 3 - well, it turns out my newly repaired ankle isn't ready for more than 90 seconds running at a time just yet. It was grumbling at me from halfway. I finished the run slowly, and put my compression socks on when I got home (after my stretches). It's fine again now.
But I'm in no hurry so I'm not going to push on. I need to listen to my ankle and give it longer. I'll repeat week 2 again and carry on with the strengthening exercises, then try to move on again in a week or two's time. In the meantime I can have fun on my new indoor mini trampoline!
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I guess that you have become used to having to be led by your ankle. I would be really frustrated by his stage and would probably end up overdoing it. You are being amazingly patient. Hopefully there will be a happy point when your ankle will decide to behave as you build up the strength. You will do this. 👏👏👏
Yep, absolutely. I've been through the totally frustrated stage and come out the other side, I think. The most important thing to me is to be able to get out there and run - even if it's week 2 for months on end, it's better than the alternative!
You do right to listen to your body, very sensible! I bought an indoor trampoline to jog/walk on after reading your post about it. Thought it might help me with lower impact jogging, and get me back on the C25K pathway. I've even contemplated trying to do the plan on it, as where I live there are lots of people about, despite the so called lockdown. It has it's advantages insofar that it's not cold or wet, and you can watch TV, haha 🤣. I'd rather be outside though if I felt safe, but I'm a bit paranoid after shielding for nigh on a 10 months 😳
That's good to hear wenderwoo, I have to say Mr grumpy pulled a face when it turned up, he's fed up of tripping up over all my fitness stuff that I've got scattered around the house 😬He understands the point now I've got it installed in the spare room. I had to wait for ages for them to come back in stock. It was worth it.
I have the same problem with people here too, it's hard to find a quiet route. I end up just running up and down a couple of streets, usually down the middle of the road to avoid people and slippery pavements. Good job there's no traffic!
Sorry to hear of your ankle issues. Just curious is jumping on a trampoline good for it? Glad your taking your time of your return. I live in a very populated area and at present run between 5pm and 7pm it’s usually dark or nearly dark and far fewer people to avoid. I do have the benefits of street lighting although on some roads it’s not that effective but usually enough to avoid puddles or dog 💩 on the pavements. For the new year I have tried to regulate my days that I am running most have been a Monday and/or a Friday have had a Sunday thrown in I had seen the weather was going to be great a bit like the next week it seems. Rain forecast all week. Good luck with the ankle and that you will progress on to week 3 soon.
Hi Pap 17, good question about the trampoline! It was my NHS physio who suggested it. All I do is shift weight from foot to foot, and if the ankle is ok with that, it becomes a sort of gentle jogging on the spot. The trampoline reduces the impact. I'm going to try using it for my next "run". At least I don't have to worry about dodging doggy do on the pavement! 😬 Good luck out there😊
Well you take it easy on there don’t want you rolling the ankle. Might be better indoors with the current weather conditions and temperatures. Good luck and keep going.
Hello my ic friend, I just thought yesterday that it was about time that I found out how you were getting on and set about finding you! I am sorry that your newly repaired ankle wasn't ready for more running than week 2. You sound to still have your wonderfully patient attitude. Well done to you. 👏😊If you remember, my physio gave me the go ahead to run, but without any specific advice. On the day that I had completed W1R1 I had already completed my physio exercises earlier in the morning and in the evening my batch cooking took 2 hours, which hadn't been my plan. Also in chatting to my husband who was with me for the W1R1 walk/run I missed one prompt to run, I added the missed run on at the end, but lost any idea of how short one minute is and found from my Garmin later that I had run an extra 4 minutes instead of one. Oh dear!
Well, although I was simply elated at the end of my run and my knee felt absolutely fine, later on it clearly told me that it was not happy with the day's activities. It took two weeks to recover. I then vowed not to run on days when I carry out my physio exercises and to try and endeavour minimal cooking as well on running days. Also to start with much less than 8 minutes. So I started at 1 minute, and gradually built up and have now completed w1r3. I hope to start week 2 on Tuesday weather permitting. Snowing here at present. My knee is still far from normal. It is fine for every day activities, but can't bend fully and doesn't like me to carry too much weight or stand on it too much.
I am due to have my weekly telephone chat with a physio tomorrow. My physio has recently been redeployed because of covid, so it will be someone new to me.
So perhaps we shall be doing week 2 together. Looking ahead, I am hopeful that week 2 and 3 will be alright, but the increase of minutes from w3 to w4, may be too much so I anticipate adding in w3a, 3b, 3c etc! We'll see.
Looking forward to reading of your progress. 🏃🏻♀️😊🌸
You've given me something to think about, over61! I hadn't really thought about the impact of other activities, and I haven't factored them in, but now I'm thinking about it, and I'm going to be more careful.I'm wearing trainers indoors as much as I can, and compression socks after exercise. I've started to get a touch of what may be plantar fascitis in both feet. If I've been sitting down, they are painful when I stand up, but the pain goes away as I walk on them. The ligaments in my foot get swollen and a little sore with any exercise, it's tricky deciding how much is acceptable and necessary, and how much is too much.
I had the same idea of not doing the full 8 minutes, so my next;"run" is going to be on my trampoline. I went for a walk in the snow yesterday, and my foot is aching today, so I'll see how it is tomorrow.
Hi lovely, well I've sort of stopped at the mopment! I dropped down to week 2 run, which was fine, but a few hours in the kitchen and my foot felt awful. Couldn't even do my normal exercises. Sound familiar? Coupled with the awful weather, I've just stayed in. Taken ibuprofen, stopped everything that was painful, and I'm building really slowly back up again, with ten-minute walks, short sessions on the trampoline. Just started the calf raises again.
Hello again, I am so sorry that things aren't going as well as you would like. My first physio used the mantra, 'Listen to your body' which seems to be what you are doing. I am sorry as well that you are having pain requiring pain killers. Boo! You seem to have such a patient approach. Three cheers for you! 🎉🎉🎉My knee is no where like a normal knee and I am struggling to understand the signals as to what discomfort comes from what activity. On a pain scale of 1 to 10 I am only at 1 or sometimes 2. My knee doesn't like, it seems, doing anything for a long time. It is even odd after a night's sleep. I completed a W3R4 today and plan to do some more modifications of week 3 before going to W4.
Any good things popping up in your garden? We have some snow drops and crocuses, always good to see.
Here's to a happy ankle before too long. How frequent are your physio calls?
Well, I was due to be signed off if I had no more issues, but I've booked a video call with her tomorrow for some last-minute advice. I last saw her in early January. I also have trouble working out what is acceptable pain, and what is a sign of trouble.
My garden is north-facing so not a lot of action this time of year, but there are snowdrops and hellebores, a few crocuses waiting to open, and I can see the first daffodils pushing up. Just the last couple of days, there has been nestbuilding activity in the garden too, which has cheered me up.
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Trying out the other voices (Week 3, run 1, round 3)
Went out and tried Week 3 
Week 3 Run 1 (again 🙄)
Week 5 Run 3 failed again.
week 2 run 2 with week 3 looming!!
