Week 3 of training.... It was the last week before classes started again, my best friend from home was visiting & the snow had melted... I had planned on moving my workouts one day ahead this week to fall into days with better weather (and hopes of ice melt) for workout days. Last sunday...(dun dun dun...) I was trying to do a long run..in the yaktrax again due to ice and on the 650ft. loss of elevation on the way down from the mountains..my knee decided to remind me it was there. I thought it was just achy from the decent and cold, but it continued to remind me of its presence all week. Monday I went to yoga in the morning and it was stiff and sore. I ran after (what was intended to be a 13 miler) 5.25 with pain every step. It wasnt excruitating, but annoying and I felt it with every step. The second hiccup of training was upon me...Injury. Only 3 weeks into training (and none being what I had hoped due to weather) I was now faced with my worst fear. Caught between the inner runner and PT student...I decided to go 'easy' the next day and called it at 4 miles. I felt I had reached a point where rest was going to mean more than mileage. Wednesday...It was terrible. Hurt to walk, bend, sit for a long time..pretty much everything..and I did no activity for the first time in months. Wednesday was hard for me..having the time to run (all day if I really had wanted to) but unable to do so pain free; I was now trying to "listen to my body" and 'train smarter, not harder". I was frustrated. I was angry. I was down right mad. Thursday...a new day..and it was feeling better. RICE Rest..Ice...Compression...Elevation...the basics.. I had done them all, for the last week..and was hopeful today would be the day. I ran 2..with some discomfort and got on the elliptical for some cross training (45 min/5 miles), lifted & did core. Friday..Chantelle..my best friend from college was in COLORADO. interviewing for a running spot in grad school at UCCS..and I so badly wanted to run with her..like old times. The knee was still sore but was okay after the 3 hr. round trip to pick her up. When we got back, I heated and headed out with her..made it 8..feeling pretty good.....shortly after the workout...it was TERRIBLE. My knee hurt..it ached..I was not happy. In the midst of the past week..against the runner in me, I decided no mileage this weekend. I took Saturday totally off..nothing..expcet some foam rolling to losen up the legs. Sunday will be core and sticking to my lifting program (modified for the knee). In hopes of next week being better..I am trying to outsmart the knee so it is ready to tackle the rest of my program, races & the new semester as it starts. Cheers, off & recovering -lo
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January 2017
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