Testing....testing....

Well. Today was the day. The big test to see if I could run a few steps. The Dr. told me 6 weeks - This weekend marks week 5 since surgery. Close enough. =) Put on my cute toe socks and off I went.
I love my Injinjis
I was super nervous. I mean really. About to cry walking to the track. Went way slow, lap one wasn't too bad, but hurt some. Lap two hurt worse. Stopped at 1/2 mile and walked some - pretty sure that was as far as I could go. About to cry - not because it hurt so bad, but because it hurt. :( Did I expect to jump right back into it, run 10 miles today pain free? Um, yeah, kinda.

Suck it up and try again....lap 3 was a little easier, lap 4 hardly hurt at all. 1 mile down! Felt so good to be running again (even if it was slow), I went ahead and kept going. Yeah, almost cried again when I finished 2 miles.

What a crybaby I am! I just can't explain how emotional this has all been for me. Thank goodness my surgery wasn't major and I had to rehab for weeks or *gasp* even months. I'd go completely nutty. Knee felt a little sore after - and even more later in the day - but it's nothing major. I think I'm coming back!

So there you go, big news Saturday!