Thank you again to everyone who has commented - the positive words are nice to read and I hope people are finding my posts helpful as well. I continue to improve my calf strength but it still has a long way to go. My running has improved, and I’m now able to run comfortably at 12 mph on the treadmill. Prior to the injury, I would run at 15mph for 1 minute as part of my training for a competition, so that’s a benchmark that I’m aiming for in my recovery. Hopefully it’s only a few weeks away.
I still have that pain on the inside of my ankle bone, but it continues to improve slowly (much too slow for my liking). I’ve gotten lax on my manual massaging of the scar tissue, and that’s something I need to get back to.
For this week’s videos, I decided to post myself doing a broad jump and running @ 12mph. I hadn’t previously tried this and was uncertain about how it would feel, but once I did it I was pleasantly surprised that I didn’t favor my good leg on either my takeoff or landing. As you can see from the 2nd video, my left leg is still a heck of a lot smaller than my right leg, which is annoying but I have to think that as I continue to work, it will eventually grow more. I also wanted the angle from the 2nd video so that I could watch in slow mo and see if I was taking off evenly. I’m glad to see that I am! As for the running, this was after I’d already done a fair amount of work so I was tired, and my stride gets uneven around the 40 second mark.
Also, I realized it’s probably better to respond to comments in posts rather than hoping people see my responses in the comment chains. To that end:
justjacks23 -
Sorry to hear you’re part of the club, but best of luck in your recovery and I’ll keep my eye out for your blog and updates!
Beanie -
Thanks for the advice and kind words! I’ve actually been following your blog closely and benchmarked my recovery to yours. You seem to have recovered very well and I remember being very envious of where you were at week 12-14, as I wasn’t even close to where you were. Glad to see that everything has continued to progress well for you!
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s40love // Apr 29th 2016 at 9:05 am
I can definitely see some improvement from your last video. You are not landing on your heels anymore, and striking with the front of your feet. Just be patient! It takes at least a good year to get back to 100%, so I wouldn’t worry about it so much. Good job, you are doing great!
mibball // May 3rd 2016 at 9:41 am
Jayli,
Very good work. You’re apparently a couple months ahead of me and it’s nice to see what’s possible. Your broad jump looks good and I can’t really notice your deficit other than calf size. I’m taking some cues from your blog and starting to take more videos. I”ll be adding them as soon as I can figure out how to get them to display properly on the page where I want them.
caseinpoint // May 11th 2016 at 1:21 am
Wow!! This is great!
How did you embed YouTube videos? I want to do that.
frankie88 // Jun 3rd 2016 at 12:27 am
Nice job Jayli! I’m exactly 26 weeks today and the fastest I’m running is 8 mph. I’m sure I can do more I jus want to take it a lil slower I guess. its definitely motivating to follow your progress so good luck and keep posting!
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