I ran!

On Wed morning Steve was on the trainer and I decided it was time to test out the bod. I walked (slowly) on the treadmill and only managed 20 mins. My insides hurt :( My scar hurt.

Then yesterday I felt a million times better. I told myself that every pain or muscle tear is bringing me back stronger.

Steve was working the late shift today, so I suggested we go to the canal for a run. My first since Oct 31. It snowed last night (oh forgot to mention that in the snow/movie post!), another few inches to the tally and the city is still clearing from the weekend, so we were hoping the footing wouldn't be too horrid. It wasn't too great, but it wasn't too bad either.

My plan was to start super easy - run 15 sec, walk 2 mins. I talked myself out of that in the car :). I changed my intervals to run 30 sec, walk 2 mins. After 2 intervals I couldn't stand it. Reset the watch to run 1, walk 2. Again easy, but I wasn't going to push myself any harder. It took me forever 48:25 to cover 4.7 km, but I covered 4.7 kms! I pushed it a little more for my last 3 repeats - the first I ran 2 mins sec, walked 2 mins, the next ran 3 mins walked 1 min, and the last ran to the end, 90 secs.

My hips were tight, my ankles sore from the ice and snow ruts, but considering I've spent almost 5 months resting and trying to get healthy, I'm really really pleased! My scar is a little irritated by my running bra, but nothing serious. Yay!

I'm still on the beta blockers, so my max heart rate was 135. LOL!

I've since had a bath with the bubbler, as close to a jacuzzi as we have! It was wonderful. I let the sun shine on my face through the window and just relaxed. I feel AMAZING.

Happy dance!