Early March NSV's

 I decided to stop running altogether in early November. I found that with me running 5 days/week my left knee was giving me trouble. My knee felt heavy and stiff all the time no matter if I put heat or ice on it. When I tried to bend down and then stand back up I had a hard time so I would have to hold on to something. Using the kneelers at church became a problem also. So I decided that as much as I love running, I did not want to sacrifice my ability to use my knees on a daily basis. I quit cold turkey.

Today, I am about 20 pounds lighter than I was when I stopped running so I decided to give it a try yesterday (Saturday) to see if I would be able to accomplish a run and how I would feel afterwards. It was not complete running, I chose to walk 5 minutes/run 5 minutes to see if that made any difference. This morning I felt fine after yesterdays run so I decided to run for a little longer.

The first picture is Saturday's run, note the calories between treadmill and HRM. The second is of today's run, also not the calories between treadmill and HRM.

I had some NSV's besides being able to run on the treadmill and not have my knee hurting. 

1. Walking at a 4.2 pace. Nov. 3.6 pace
2. Running at a 4.8 pace. Nov. 3.8 pace
3. 1 mile- 13:41 minutes
4. 2 miles- 26:59 minutes
5. 5K- 41:33 minutes

Overall today in my 50 minute run, I ran 3.75 miles. I am totally stoked with this number. I plan on running only on the weekends to give my knee a break, especially since I do Zumba during the weekdays. 

So, while the scale might not be very nice to me these past few days, I will certainly take some NSV's to remind myself it is all worth it!!

☺Ashley☺