Road to Recovery

I completed my first run today since becoming sick with C Diff, and all the further complications that came with it, in early October. I had planned to start back Thursday afternoon since I would be done with my classes for the week and if things went terribly wrong I would have all weekend to recover. However, it has been cold and rainy/snowy all day today and I just couldn't resist.
I left the house without much of a plan other than to go by feel. I set out on one of my easier routes that allows me to wind down the mountain into St Elmo via park service dirt roads and the Lookout Mtn Conservancy road. The road is not paved and is very well maintained and not open to vehicles so it was perfect for my first run back.
The route I chose would take me just over 5 miles to my turn around point and a little under 3 miles to return home since I would take Ochs back up the mountain to my house instead of the trails. I chose this to allow for a good warm up before running up the mountain and also so that if I fell apart it wouldn't be a big deal to get rescued. I drive the return route every day coming home from school or errands and I swear it isn't nearly as steep in my car ;-).
Overall the run went much better than I would have expected (if I had allowed myself to expect anything, honestly was going by feel not knowing how the body would react to so many weeks off and all the meds and weight loss that accompanied being so sick). I did decide to walk the last mile since I kept finding my breathing indicating that I was heading towards the anaerobic zone and that was not the plan for the first run back. Not to mention that it was getting pretty steep and hill training isn't the most advised way to start back after a nearly 2 month forced break.
It will be interesting to see how the body feels tomorrow. The legs never felt tired and nothing hurt or was uncomfortable, nor was I breathing hard or feeling out of breath until the last mile when it began to get significantly steeper during this run (this term is used very loosely, while I did not walk a single step prior to the last mile, I also wasn't moving very fast and averaged 10 minutes/mile overall so it would be more appropriate to label what I did today jogging, but this is my log and I will call it whatever I want). I was just so happy to be running that anything short of a leg actually falling off may have gone unnoticed. Several times I caught myself laughing out loud from the sheer joy of running in the drizzle on a cold autumn afternoon. Especially knowing that only a couple of weeks ago taking the trash to the curb resulted in a 5 hour nap and that a couple of weeks prior to that I was afraid to take a nap or fall asleep since, living alone, I wasn't sure if I would wake up or how long it would take for someone to get worried enough to send out a search party. The human body is a really amazing machine.
I think I just might be on my way back!!! (and maybe, just maybe, I will finally begin keeping that training log I have always wanted to keep...but just in case, don't hold your breath)