Questions

Feeling some pain and swelling after the 5 miles Sun., so I didn't run my easy 2 yesterday. I'm going to do them today no matter what, but I wonder if it's part of the process or if it's a problem.

This recovery process is as much mental as anything. I find myself analyzing every twinge and wondering is this "recovery pain" or "injury pain", swelling from just getting back into it or swelling because something's wrong. My thinking needs to get in shape as much as my body does.

Welcome to the neighborhood

Saturday was a meet and greet party with my neighbors on the street. They turned into a welcome party for me. What a blast! I'd bet anybody I've got the cutest, fiesty-ist bunch of 70 - 80 something's living around me in the whole city. There are other younger folk too, of course. But I can't wait to have Mamie and Myrtle, not to mention Myrtice, Miss Mamie, and Miss Ernestine all over for dinner. I was informed that there used to be a "neighborhood club" that would meet every so often at someone's house. But the club had never been held at my house. Guess I'll need to resurrect it sometime this summer and host a club gathering.

The Mile that Counts

Every time I add a mile, it's the first time I've run X miles since November. Yesterday it was 5 miles. I did it on the 5K trail by the Chattahoochie, since it's soft. Kept a 10 min avg pace - high 10:05, low 9:53 - and it was the last mile.

As I turned the loop for mile 5, the mile I haven't done since November, I was telling myself "this is the mile that counts, the one that's going to get you back." Yeah I know - when you aren't listening to music you talk to yourself a lot - or I do anyway.

The run felt great, the knee feels ok - it's still a little swollen today.