Recovery

This is going to be a quick post. I really pushed myself last night on the treadmill...5 K in 26 minutes and eased up when I felt sharp pain in my left heel. Cooled down, stretched and went home. The pain got really bad in an hour and it felt like I'd need a week to recover from this. I woke up this morning and gingerly tested the ankle and heel for fear of that familiar shooting pain but there was only a dull stiffness and now I am walking almost normally.

I think this is testimony to the hard yards, exercise and stretching. My recovery period has improved dramatically in the last year and that's great news all around. More pleasing was the fact that I put in a 15 K tarmac run on Sunday morning and followed it up with this strong run the very next day. And right now I feel I can put in another 5 K easily this evening too. Shedding those kilos is the only thing on my mind right now and pursuing that with a vengeance. South Beach is king.