After two weeks of running on the treadmill, to avoid the risk of a relapse with my injuries, I decided that today I would run outside.  It was a good decision.

To try and minimize the stress, I chose about the flattest route I could.  This is a route that involves running around the perimeter of the local High School campus.  I use this route quite a lot, because it is fairly flat, and because the run around the perimeter is exactly one mile long.

The weather was reasonable, so I didn’t have to wear anything heavy and I wore the new Asics Gel Kayano shoes that I bought at the end of last year, before I got hurt.  My run was a 25 minute easy pace run. 

The run went great.  I had some very minor pain in my knee for a few hundred yards, but after that nothing.  The foot, where I had my stress fracture, was just fine.  It was  a great run overall.  It was really nice to have that feeling of cold air in my lungs and to be off the treadmill.

Now that I can run outside again, I just have to stay patient.  I need to build up my run strength slowly.  I am so happy with the way things are going right now, I must work hard not to ruin it.