Too Soon?

When it’s right it’s never too late, when it’s wrong it’s always too soon” ~ Sara Donati

Yesterday I completed stage one of my BMP (Bespoke Marathon Plan). Which was basically a 5 week 5k plan and starting week 3 of that plan I had to to substitute anything but running in for the running. I did turn my most recent few running workouts into walking workouts – just to test out how my toe is doing. It’s still swollen, it’s still very painful to the touch, and it doesn’t like being squeezed close to the other toes.

Probably that means I should keep resting and adapting and not running, but… I don’t want to. So I started stage two of my BMP by adding running back in. On declines it seemed okay. Flat surfaces were not too bad. Inclines were not so good. But the good news, I think, is that it doesn’t hurt any more this afternoon than it did before I ran. So maybe it’s okay.

Stage 2 is a 10k running plan. In two weeks I’ll be running the Centennial Airport Runway 5k. 8 weeks after that I’m hoping to get a 10k run in and then sometime around the 1st of November I’m thinking maybe a 1/2 marathon will fit in my programming. Might as well earn some medals while I train.