Yes, I finally reached my 5 mile milestone run today on the treadmill! This is my longest run so far post-surgery and I am pleased with my progress and training for the 13.1 mile run in Sarasota on March 13. Obviously, more work needs to be done with both endurance and strength training. Also, my heart rate is about 10 beats per minute faster than it used to be running at this pace. But, that should come down to where I want it to be with additional training.
I am trying to run every other day at this point and focus on bicycling and cross-training for my non-running days. My plan is to run 6 miles for my long run this coming week and then 8 miles the week after. I'll run between 3 and 4 miles on my non-long running days.
All-in-all, the foot feels great – no discomfort or swelling at this point so I am very happy about that!
Happy trails everyone…..
John
