I had 4 miles scheduled today, and I figured if my knee was still feeling bad then I would skip it. However the knee felt fine when I woke up, even going up and down stairs. I woke up late, had breakfast (leftover crisp) and headed out just before noon.
The weather was perfect, my body felt good and I was in the right mood for running. The first few minutes were stacking up to be great, and then my left knee started hurting again. I think it is a hill induced problem. I ran for about 3 miles and then started really worrying as it was getting worse. Partway through the 3rd mile I decided to walk a bit, for maybe 30 seconds, to see how it felt then I tried to jog again.
It was a no go, I really don’t want to do any damage so I walked the last .6 miles home. It seems like bending the knee is the problem, walking is better since it requires less range of motion. I stretched, took an advil and iced and I will ice again later. Tomorrow is a day off from running anyways so it will get some rest. (Although I get to see my trainer again, yeay!!!)
I just took a quick look at my increase from the week before last (last week was a low week) and it was 21%. Oops. Technically it shouldn’t be quite that high since I ran a 10K on Monday and sorta ended up doing two long runs this week. Still… I think I need to be more careful with my increases. My total mileage for the week is 27.75, another highest mileage week record. I think if I can take care of myself well and listen to my body my knee should be fine. Positive thinking may work wonders, but I decided to refrain from registering for my half until I have had a few solid runs in a row.
- Distance: 3.4 miles
- Time: 34:46
- Avg Pace: 10:14
- Avg HR/Max HR: 140/156
- Cals: 333
healthy meal of the day:
Try this for a healthy and delicious side dish: carrots with honey and balsamic.
nice run. it’s always great to be in a good running mood. way to get through the run with the iffy knee too
Sorry your knee is hurting. Is it an IT band thing? I remember mine being stiff and hard to bend when I was having IT band problems.
I don’t know, maybe? I think it may be tight calves that is causing the problem actually… I skipped my morning run this morning trying to take it easy (plus I think I am getting sick)! But I may run after work depending on how I feel. I hate missing a day!