There's no question that my foot is positively responding to more running. I'm doing 2 or 3 three-mile walk/runs during the week and a longer one of its kind on the weekend. Last weekend I did about 4 miles in about 51 minutes, 20 of which were running. This weekend I did about 4.5 miles in about 53 minutes, 26 of which were running. I felt strong and that I could have done more.
I've come to the conclusion that my foot was seriously injured even before starting training for the Hartford Marathon in June of last year. Granted, I'm not running as much yet, but after a run my foot would be seriously weakened. Now, it feels so much stronger after a run. That said, I'm coming to terms with the fact that my foot has healed. Since starting walking again, this has been the most difficult part of the recovery.
I plan to do only pure aerobic running (9 to 11/minute pace) through October of this year and then introduce some anaerobic running in tempo runs and speed work. I need to rebuild the base I had going into the Hartford Marathon. That is going to take some time given the amount of time laid-up recovering from foot surgery. Nearly six months passed with no running.
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