It was slow, and it wasn't pretty, but it was a run

I went for my first run tonight in six months, one week. Not like I care enough to keep track, or anything.

My therapist cleared me yesterday to try a return-to-running plan. My first assignment was run 2 minutes, walk 3 minutes, repeat three times. Honestly, I was pretty nervous. I had some catching in my knee earlier in the day — for the first time in a long time, of course — and I really did NOT want to get my hopes up just to bail.

But I put on my shoes, dusted off my run clothes, and figured out how to set run/walk intervals in my new Garmin Forerunner 35. I walked about 3/4 mile to a place that would make for easy laps and a quick call home if I got into trouble. But I managed all four repeats of 2 minutes of running, for 8 minutes total, on a beautiful, sunny day. I enjoyed a nice, long walk back home.

Since this was my first run with my new Garmin, I also set a couple of hilarious "records," which I look forward to smashing in the coming weeks:

I MAY have done longer or faster runs in the past.

I still have a long way to go and I won't get ahead of myself, but even a super easy run tonight felt wonderful. I'll try again in a few days and see how it goes.