{"id":419,"date":"2006-02-28T09:22:44","date_gmt":"2006-02-28T14:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/blog\/?p=419"},"modified":"2006-02-28T09:22:44","modified_gmt":"2006-02-28T14:22:44","slug":"running-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/2006\/02\/28\/running-again\/","title":{"rendered":"running again"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while, but I’m finally running and exercising on a regular basis again. I’m a loooooong way from doing 20km Sunday runs<\/a> on a regular basis again, but I’m getting there. Over the past month I’ve been cycling on a regular basis, stretching, and have started gym workouts again. My feet hurt still, but a big part of that is stretching underused muscles from piloting a desk, and sitting properly while I work. It’s getting there.<\/p>\n

I have invested in a treadmill, as the ice in Ottawa continues to be an impediment, as well as an excuse. It’s a great piece of gear<\/a>, and goes well with the semi-recumbant bike<\/a> I use for cross training. Coupled with some core training<\/a> and pilates\/yoga-ish stretching, I’m starting to feel good again. I have a long way to go, though, and need to drop about 20 pounds to get back where I feel great. I’ll get there.<\/p>\n

Sadly, I think my ultimate days are pretty much done. It’s not the game, it’s just my approach to the game. When I play, I forget that I don’t heal as fast as I did twenty years ago, and go at it with the same level of cement-headedness I did with everything else when I was 18. This has led to the tearing of my soleus, a severe strain of my lower back, and a severe sprain of my right ankle which did some ligament damage – all from playing the game. Because I can’t seem to tone it down, I’ll cut it out entirely. <\/p>\n

I’m getting better\/stronger, and that’s more important to me than playing a single game, because staying healthy will allow me to enjoy everything else I like to play. The weekly mileage is only 20km\/week right now, but it’s a great start. 40-60km\/week is in my near future, and that makes me happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while, but I’m finally running and exercising on a regular basis again. I’m a loooooong way from doing 20km Sunday runs on a regular basis again, but I’m getting there. Over the past month I’ve been cycling on a regular basis, stretching, and have started gym workouts again. My feet hurt still, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}