I figured that a good way to keep my mileage low would be to go hard. Did 1.5 at a hair faster than the recent half marathon pace and it felt pretty hard (8:28). No pain, just felt ever so slightly imbalanced. I've been doing a lot of PT exercises. After running today, I started into some upper leg and back workouts at the gym to try to strengthen all of the imbalanced stuff. Squats, leg press, some back stuff that I don't know the specific name for, abs, etc, all at pretty light weight to keep from overstressing. Also am getting bored with not having any current fitness goals other than rehabbing the injury, so I decided to gain back a little upper body definition. Did some basic chest and shoulder stuff, which will undoubtedly leave me sore for a couple days since I haven't really lifted in a few years. I was really into lifting at the start of grad school, but fell out of it. I honestly wouldn't mind getting my old stronger body back, just with some extra running fitness. I eat a lot better when I'm lifting, so why not? I'm sure I'll fall out of it again when I get back to 80+mpw, but I'll have some fun for now.
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