Blew off Sunday's run to watch football with the fam. Slept about 4 hours that night.
Monday, nice chest and upper arms st workout. Up to five reps on the dips. I feel like I can totally trust my shoulder now. Slept poorly again, about 5 hours.
Today, did my fairground loops. Warmed up good before heading out, then walked the first .4 mile, stretched again, then ran .6 mile, then stretched some more. Then I took off the smart wool socks and Moc3s for my first BFR since my frostnip mishap just after x-mass. Man, did that feel good. The Moc3s felt like proper running shoes in comparison. After less than a half mile my toes started to feel a little pain though, so I had to cover up again. Very annoying. I guess I'm done for the winter. Or at least another few weeks. Oh well, at least I'm running.
I ran some more, stopping every half mile or so to preventively stretch. Still, after about a mile and a half or two miles I started to feel a little strain on my itb at the right knee, so I walked some, then did a few sub-9mm paced short runs. That seemed to help. I guess I'll go back to that method, which had got me up to close to 7 disjointed miles in December before I got sick. Good new is that I didn't feel any soreness on the left MCL, so perhaps it was the heel-striking on last week's run in my Bare Access that caused it, and perhaps I heel-struck on the original injury in October too. Today I self-consciously landed on my forefoot.
Anyway, I walked the rest of the way to my daughter's Discovery club at her elementary school and picked up her and our neighbor's boy. Had a nice walk back with them in the late afternoon winter darkness, picking up random objects and playing in the snow.
5.55 total miles, 3.55 mi / 5.7 km running
34 F / 24 F windchill
Tomorrow I'll do my lower-body strength training, and then try more sub-9mm paced fartleks on Thursday.