Running hills (xc/terrain) 43:00 [3] 4.3 km (10:00 / km) +400m 6:50 / km
ahr:145 max:169 shoes: walsh pb trainer
Hills route with extension...
1. 37:00 (18:25, 18:35)
Result! I am able to run downhill again. I wouldn't say that it is 100% back to where it was before the setback but close to that for sure.
Great to finally understand that whatever it was I did to it 6 weeks ago was not serious enough to limit the recovery process. Now I am back in unchartered territory once more, once again hopeful of a complete recovery.
A couple of problems however.
One is that a few days ago I did something to a rib muscle again, same RH side but this time in the middle back rather than the upper chest. Fortunately I have some naproxen leftover and that seems to help a lot, brings down the inflammation.
The other problem is that Saturday's run, maybe in combination with the row on Sunday has flared up my LH side problem to the point where the lower hamstring tendon is sore. Probably my fault for not continuing that stretching/massage experiment. Not too gutted however, been here before and know what works, what doesn't. Would swap a broken knee for a muscle inbalance any day of the week.