HOPEFUL

Could it be that my do nothing strategy is working? So far this week the results are promising.

After succeeding at doing nothing for 5 days my sports chiropractor worked hard on my hamstring and reported that it was much improved. I knew it was because all his hard work on it hadn't caused much pain. Always a good sign! Then he noticed a deep bruise behind my knee which was likely caused by pooling blood from the injury. That made me nervous...I'd never noticed pooling blood after any other injury. Pooling blood can't be a positive, right?

But apparently it's not much of anything. My chiro ignored it, saying when the treatment ended that I was good to go. So off I went. An easy hour on the elliptical on Tuesday. My nothingness streak was, happily, over. Then, on Wednesday I did my 4.5 mile bridal path/reservoir loop in Central Park. It went slow but well. I did it again on Friday and I was 4 minutes faster.

My pace has quickened to high 9 minutes per mile. That's about 30 seconds off the slowest pace I'd ever run when healthy. But it is SO much better than what I've been doing since my calf/Achilles turned against me. In fact, there were times during the run on Friday where I felt something that I haven't felt in a long time...normal.

And that is why I feel hopeful.