This weekend I had a win!
I went on a 3.3 mile run with a friend. It was for her 33rd birthday and she wanted to run a distance that coincided with her age. When got to the rail trail everybody that showed up told her that they were planning on walking and she can “do her”. I thought to myself what was the point of coming out if you weren’t even going to try to run with her. I felt some type of way because me friend is a bigger runner like myself and I know how hard it is to go running by yourself, especially on your birthday. Am I wrong but she asked us to go on run with her for a reason. Because if she was going to run by herself anyway why invite the friends in the first place…But I digress.
So I decide that I would run with her even though I’ve been having Achilles issues, or haven’t ran a mile in more than four months. I couldn’t let my friend go run by herself on her birthday. So I did a quick warm up, turned on the Nike running app and said let’s go.
And we were off.
During our first quarter-mile she look at me and said
“All right muscle memory and I thought your Achilles was giving you issues.”
“I’m going to fast I was trying to keep up with your pace.”
“No, I’m trying to keep up with you.”
So I dialed it back and told her if she feels like I’m going to fast let me know.
During the run we talked about my new job, my new hair cut, working out, and her up coming house-warming. Periodically someone would run by and wish her happy birthday due to the birthday tiara she was wearing.
For the most part the run when well. Around 2.5 mile, I could feel my calves starting to tighten and eventually my Achilles started to become inflamed. By then we were back where we started.
After running we stretched, gave high fives, took pictures and went to breakfast. During the ride to the breakfast spot Mrs300Par and I talked about the run. She was amazed on how good I looked out there especially with Achilles pain. I was surprised as well on how far I went until the Achilles started to mess with me. I don’t know if this was an isolated event or my Achilles is getting better. Only time will tell but either way I this a win in my book.
Until next time.
