Saturday I increased the length of my "intervals" to 400 meters, walking a total of 3 miles before, between, and after. I found that I was able to increase my speed from a 12-minute mile to an 11-minute mile (2:45) by the final one, with no adverse pain, and each one faster than the other. What an encouraging run/walk for an injured run/walker! Today I repeated that performance, increasing my speed to a sub-10-minute-mile pace (2:28). Now I will rest for a day, have another acupuncture treatment Wednesday (perhaps my last), and hope to run faster and longer on Wednesday afternoon. I am a long way from those sub-2:00 intervals I ran earlier this summer, but it is nice to be
progressive instead of
regressing.
My fellow blogger J. P. Krol, who winter caretakes Mt. LeConte (http://www.highonleconte.com/daily-posts), posted this photo and quote this weekend, which reminded me of the mountains still to climb and the blessings for which we should all be thankful.
"A healthy body is the greatest of blessings." - Socrates
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