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Last week I found out the Tufts gym was open for 4 hours a day, secretly. This was not posted anywhere. And, in fact, the pool had a sign that says "POOL CLOSED" when in fact it was open. This was a godsend since my legs continued to hurt after my last run. It was weird, it was a different pain each day. One day it was the inner calf, the next day the lower shin, the next day back to the inner calf, but lower, then the right shin only, followed by the left only. Very weird. But I took that as a good sign. It could just be the aches and pains of returning to running and doing it with orthodics, thus my feet and legs are now experienced forces different than they ever have after 32 years of life. So I was able to life weights in the gym and swim. That meant I could skip a run and not set back my muscle or cardio development. And I continue to stretch and do work with the foam rollers and resistance bands every other night.

So today I ran 2.25 miles and it was the best run I had to date. My pace was good and I felt comfortable with no pain. Let's hope it stays that way tomorrow.

I found a 5K in October I'll run to get more experience in formal races. I've only done one formal race (since my high school cross country team days) and it was quite an informal affair with around 50 runners, versus about 1,500 in this one. I'm gonna wait a couple of weeks to see how the pains go before registering.