December 03
Yesterday, I ran, well sort of. After 2 months of being unable to run due to my right ankle tendonitis, I managed to run yesterday. A very modest and conservative effort but nevertheless better than I have been able to do lately. I bought a pair of over the counter orthotics 3 days ago, they are called Superfeet. I wore them at work the other night and yesterday, decided to try to run in them. I was apprehensive on how much pain my ankle would be in so I just tried to do a shuffle/jog. My goal was to do it for 15 minutes straight but was prepared to walk of it hurt too much. Well, I survived shuffling for 15 minutes and decided to walk the rest of the way till I reached one hour. After five minutes of walking , I thought I would shuffle again to the end of the street I was in. I went past the end of the street and kept on going and hoping I could do 10 minutes. I went past that and was able to do 15 minutes. Then I walked another 10 minutes to get home. It was more than I could hope for. I RAN !!! I was so ecstatic and I hope that the new orthotics did not just have a placebo effect on me. I'll try to do it again tomorrow and we'll see. But for now, I'm elated :)
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