LE JOG

[ladyrunner]

I have had to take up a walking regime this week for my miles on Le Jog.

Disaster struck on Saturday with my first run since I last posted any Le Jog miles. Got a couple of miles into my run and just made it back on to the A37 heading towards Sheapton Mallet when my calf muscle tightened up, so I decided to stop before it got so bad that I would injure myself long term.

Took a couple of days rest and carried out lots of self massage with ibuprofen rub on the calf, along with icing and compression socks and decided to head out again for a long, slow run on Tuesday. Once again after 1.5 miles the calf was stiff and sore, so I stopped. Decided to try and walk on it and was surprised to find that walking did not seem to hurt. Carried on walking up the A37 to Shepton Mallet. Covered 8.7 miles in total in 1hr 53mins. Was averaging 11-13 min miles for the walk.

On Thursday I thought I'd try another walk to see how my calf was and to also see if I could get back to a semi-fastwalking pace. After a warm up I measured out 5k on my gps on the undulating terrain of the A361 and completed to course in 33:42. Got my walking pace down between 10-11 min miles.

Today it was some more walking miles for me. It seemed like my body was adjusting to the switch between running and walking training as I felt alot more comfortable today walking at a fast pace. After a warm up I headed off again along the A361 for a 5k and this time managed 29:14. An average of 9:25 min miles. And I surprised a few runners that I overtook!!

Very pleased with this performance as it is only 8 minutes slower than I can run 5k. Will try and get out tomorrow for a long steady walk. I have decided to have atleast another week off running to hopefully get my calf healed properly before I make a come back.

Julie

Miles covered this year: 205.70