I just finished a 5.292km running that lasted about 0hh:27mm:0ss !
I have stopped running for almost a month and I have enjoyed 3 weeks of full-time holidays.
Today I am back to the "office", working at home, from 8:00 AM to 6:30 PM...too much work to start the week with.
However, I have also initiated the 2020-2021 new Running season as well!!!!
Before running, I was totally convinced that the "Restart" would be tough, specially this time because I have never stopped running for so long before...
Actually, what I used to do on holidays is to decrease drastically the running volume but never stopped completely.
This time has been different. After a very long covid19 Lockdown period of time, on which we couldn't even go altogether for a walk, I wanted to enjoy the full time of holidays with the family, without having any constraint of any nature, neither from running obligations...
As a result, I get what I wanted but also I have lost quite a lot of my running shape and also gained some weight...not so much but still.
As a result, the first run of the season has been terrific.
I can't even remember when was the last time I get so bad feelings while running...maybe after an injure,
possibly.
I did run softly for 5km in about 25 minutes but the sensations have been very bad... aerobically bad...this is totally normal since the aerobic condition is the first one to lose when you stop from running, but I am not worried at all on this aspect... I know it is a matter of time and consistency to get back again to a good aerobic condition...
But I have also felt some pain on my right groin and hip area...
It reminded me I suffered an injure on that area a few years ago...and took me quite a long time to get recovered and healed from it. I thing @revisesociology knows about this injure...it is very painful and I think I have to take the restart of the running season in a quieter way, maybe doing some extra exercise to reinforce my groins and hips zones...
For the moment, I am planning 3 running sessions of 25' to 30' long during this week and 3 days of Body conditioning, including Stretching, mobility and core exercises.
Hope to recover the good shape soon.
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