this time it was actually a real step.. in fact, quite a few. simply round the parks again for a slow 2.5m jog, but it was pain and ache free.. and i can't tell you how happy that made me. i stretched-out both Achilles at 10:30 this morning, then ran at 12:30.. stretched again directly after, then showered and iced (as best I could with the ice-pack i'd brought from home this morning) it for a good 20min. stretched again this afternoon, and it's feeling ok. there's a slight twinge down the Achilles itself, but it's not painful in the pinch test, so i'm guessing there's definite movement towards recovery.
what these couple of runs have taught me is how unfit and unbalanced i've got. totally lost my running form and felt quite stiff in my running style throughout. seemingly a large amount of work to get back to full fitness.
but i guess that's what training for a sub-3hr marathon teaches you.. just how fit and fine you can get - then just how bad and poor you feel when you lose it. and i do mean poor - it's a definite loss to find yourself breathing heavily at a mile in.. at a point where you'd just be waking up previously. however, the silver lining is knowing that feeling is there to attain.. and the fun you can have getting back to it..
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