Running Log 2.1
Planned mileage for week: 9
Actual mileage for week: 9
Number of run days: 3
Long run for week: 4
Aches, pains, complaints: None so far, or nothing pressing, in any case. Getting started again after two months of non-running is a bit tough, and a little hard on the various joints, but not enough so to make me complain, much less quit. I do have one pretty serious knot in my left shoulder, which is causing a bit of stiffness and an intense ache throughout my neck and upper back, but aside from that, all’s well. On the positive side, my stress levels are abating, about which, thank god.
31 October 2005, 11.39 am
So, this is with your orthotics or whatever? Those aren’t a problem (I suppose you’ve been walking in them for a while, huh?).
31 October 2005, 7.53 pm
Hey, Joe! Yeah, this is with the orthotics—which I actually began running with some time back. They’re no problem at all—in fact, they make the running possible. No collapsing arches or inwardly-rolling ankles, so no knee strain. At least not of the variety that results from the orthoticless run…