The wind on your face
Once you are on your crutches and mobile you’ll quickly feel strong enough to head outside. If the weather’s not too extreme grab those crutches and go for it - this is the start of your ‘running’ recuperation proper.Pass the Nikes dear
You might want to get someone to put your running shoes on for you (on you not them). This will help you get in the zone. Better still put them on yourself by lacing them really loosely so you can slip them on and off easily without having to bend down, a long shoe-horn helps as well. If the upper tongue (of the shoe) gets in the way as you slip them on just thread it through the laces.Walk every day if possible
Even if the distance seems insignificant to the runner you used to be, it's not. Don’t forget to keep track of your workouts in your training diary.Tinhip tip: Put a GPS tracking program on your cell-phone if you have one and log your walks as you would your running workouts, no matter how short. Later on you’ll look back at those short, slow walks and remember what a deep hole you’ve dug yourself out of.
In the next post we'll look at a crutch training schedule for those first weeks.
