My sixth week of training was very similar to the previous, I maintained my new routine of running for 45 seconds and walking for 4 minutes for the first half of the week. By the end of the week I started to feel more confident with my progression and changed my training a bit more, decreasing my walking time to 3 minutes, as I didn’t need as long to catch my breath anymore.

I found this week that I was more willing to run, and often found myself running for longer than my allotted 45 seconds, which for some people would be a good thing, but my biggest fear for this inquiry is permanently wreaking my foot, so I stopped myself from running too much to preserve my foot’s health. This ended up paying off tremendously, as in our EPHE class we had a class that had us running and jumping for the majority of the time, and I know I would have found myself struggling to put pressure on my foot if I hadn’t stuck to the routine on my runs.

The weather this week as well as the last was amazing, and I was outside as much as I could, even if I wasn’t training for my inquiry, and it definitely made me a lot more motivated to train.

Overall this was a great week for my training and mental health, and I was very grateful to have the opportunity to get outside and into nature after classes.