Down but not out

A couple of tough weeks. I went out one night a couple of weeks ago and felt just awesome managing to knock off 4+ miles but at the expense of cramping big time. During a 9 day stretch of work and with all the stairs and walking in work boots 10+ miles each day I didn't get much healing time. Finally about 6 days ago, with a hugely swollen and sore calf I had to decide to just take the time off and keep icing and massaging.

I was really starting to get depressed about not being able to run so yesterday I determined that I would go on a ten mile hike and toward the end see if I could run a bit. It was a hilly course but with a lot of loose, fine gravel for cushioning and I almost started running too late because I got in 3.5 miles and felt great. It really was encouraging that the time off didn't hurt too much.