My right leg is pretty sore today, mainly in the hip flexor/groin area. I haven't taken anything today, so as not to mask any damage I may do by overdoing things. Still, the progress from last week is dramatic. Last Tuesday I couldn't walk 100 yards without having to lay down and recover for half an hour. Last week, if I used stairs, I kept a two-handed death grip on the railing because my right leg was completely numb. Last week I spent most nights writhing, unable to find a comfortable position. On Wednesday, I had an epidaural cortisone injection, and that has greatly improved my mobility. On Thursday, much of the pain had subsided, although my right leg remained weak and numb. On Friday I was able to walk into town and back. Twice. I ran a bunch of errands and did a little shopping. It was more walking than I had done in the prior three weeks combined; I felt liberated! Saturday I dared to get onto the bicycle and coasted around the block a couple times, watched the bike races. Now that I was mobile again, I might as well start training, right? It has an interesting starting point - literally starting from zero, unable to walk or run.
My leg is definitely getting its feeling and strength back. I don't use the railing anymore and tingling is replacing numbness. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to do any real running today, because, as I've said, there was a lot more soreness in the leg. I took a spin on the bike around the old state hospital grounds. Owie owie owie. Pain in a few places. Down to the track for GSRT practice.
I started with three laps walking, until warmed up. After 3 ¼ laps, I started running and ran for 1 full mile, all in a row. It was probably about 11 minutes.
The Running School starts one week from today. It would take a miracle.
I'm probably not supposed to run or ride the bike. I'm pretty careful, though, always having my core set and performing actions as smoothly, gently, and impact-free as possible, keeping the head and shoulders high and the spine stretched out. I also still spend the greater part of the day reclining. I can't sit, but at least I can water the garden, and do laundry, and cook and compost and all those other little things which haven't been done in so long. But still, I'm pretty much physically incapacitated. And don't even get me started about the brain thing.
Except that I can RUN!
biking distance: 4.0 miles
waling distance: 1.0 mile
running distance: 1.0 mile
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