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I went for my first real run since my injury today. I had 8 miles planned but told myself I would cut it short if anything felt weird. I ended up doing just short of 5. My left leg (the injured one) felt fine but the right one started getting sketchy toward the end. I think it’s because I was compensating for the other leg in my gait, which was putting too much stress on the right leg. I decided to head back instead of causing another issue.

Everything else on the run was good. I wanted to keep it around a 10-minute pace and I succeeded (on average) even though I started out way too fast. Speed isn’t really my concern at this point. I’m running the 3M half marathon two weeks from tomorrow and the Lost Dutchman Marathon with my aunt a few weeks after that. I really want to make sure my leg is 100 percent so I don’t have any issues.

I’m supposed to go for 13 tomorrow but I don’t know how likely that is. I’m going to go until my legs tell me it’s time to stop.

Happy running!

The stats
- Daily: 4.87 miles at 10:05 pace
- Week total: 13.31 miles
- January total: 17.07 miles
- 2012 total: 17.07 miles
- Distance to 2012 goal: 2,482.93 miles