Two weeks after my abortive start and a full week after my calves recovered I had another go. I’ve decided to start very very small. I’m going to run around the block to start with and do this every other day for a week. Then if no problems ensure, I will step up the distance gradually and again repeat this every other day for a week, and so on.
So today’s run was the shortest I’ve even been on. It must have taken all of three minutes to get around the block. It felt like cheating to stop, but nothing hurt when I’d finished, which is the plan. The temptation was there once again to do more, but once bitten… I am determined not to mess it up this time.
We’ll see what the rest of the week brings. I’m also taking every opportunity to walk about without shoes on. Mainly at home indoors and at work too.