Well, the good thing is that I can say that I ran a mile. It was in 10:53, which isn't great, but all things considered I'll take it. This was a hard mile.
I felt great at first - I started off slow. Like, really slow. Like at a 5 slow. I got bored of that real fast and gradually increased my speed just to make sure my lungs could handle it. At 5.7 was where I started to feel it. And not the, "Oh, I'm out of shape & this hurts" feel it but the, "Something is wrong with my lungs and this doesn't feel right" feel it. I did push to a 6 for about a bit but that was definitely too much for right now so I had to slow back down, but I did finish and I ran the complete mile.
I have a lot of work ahead of me and to be honest, I'm not sure what the right course is. Do I go for further tomorrow? Do I do just another mile? Do I not run at all? I will probably run again if time allows for it, and I guess I'll see how another mile feels and go from there. My lungs are definitely not 100% yet so I don't want to overdo it but I also don't want to not do anything either. Clearly I can handle some activity so I guess we'll see what happens.
Wish me luck! Have any of you been through this & know what the right way to get back into it is? (you know, both of you who read this, LOL)
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