I managed to go 21 days with runs on four of those days for a total of nine miles. Pathetic. To put it in perspective, I averaged 7.4 miles a day for the first 270 days of the year.
When I met with a doc and a PT a few weeks ago, they said I should be able to return to 70-80% of my total mileage. I tried to get back on the road, but my hamstring kept bothering me and I didn’t feel like I was doing any good. So, I took some time off to rest to see if it would help with the recovery. I didn’t feel like there was much recovery taking place, so I decided to seek some other opinions on twitter and Runner’s World online forums. Several people mentioned that rest wouldn’t do much good and I should look into Active Recovery Therapy. I received a recommendation from someone and I plan on making a call tomorrow to see if they can fit me in on Wednesday.
Ugh. Hope the ART appt goes well. Take care, and have a nice holiday.
By: Rich Davey on December 21, 2009
at 9:43 am