Everything Counts

5.1 miles easy. Plan was 12-15 miles to get back on track for Boston training, but knee HURTS. I had to cut run short. I went to gym after and did a long core workout.

I would say with how much my knee hurt I may have to take the rest of the week off again and really hit the therapy hard. If I can't get a decent week of workouts next week I think I'll have to call off Boston.

I'm frustrated, but am looking at this as optimistically as I can. The timing isn't terrible. If you're going to have to layoff for an injury, right after a marathon is as ideal as you can get, as it lets the rest of the leg fully recover and rest up as well. Also, imagine how much more frustrating it would be if I was coming off a bad marathon race. At least I was fortunate enough to run a really good race before this. For that I'm grateful.

I can't think of any cross training I could do that doesn't affect the knee, as it hurts when it bends. So I guess I will stick to some core workouts in the meantime and really buckle down in eating well.

No run - knee pain. It feels much better today over yesterday. Lots of ice and compression lately oh and ibuprofin.

More great reading at our ogdencrew blog. Bret Ferrier has made a splash on the trail runnng scene in the La Sportiva Mtn Cup. He won the Hillbilly Half in Olympia, WA this last weekend and is in 2nd place in the cup overall standings. You can read his race report here. Also, on the blog Bryant gives an update on his training six weeks out from Boston.

Tried testing the knee and it failed the test. Turned around after a mile and then out of frustration ran the last 0.85 at 4:33 pace. Finished up with about 20 minutes of core at the gym.

I'm not going to attempt a run today, going to give the knee a day off. I got a massage from Sariah yesterday and hopefully that helped loosen whatever may have been pulling on the tendon and making it inflamed. If so, another few days and the inflammation should be gone. If not, I may have more serious issues at play.

I'll do some core work tonight while watching tv.

8 miles easy. I was actually able to run. The knee pain was still present but the pain was much much more tolerable. Now ice ice ice!

15-mile run from my house with Ben and Jason into Uintah and back. We did a 3-mile fast finish with a gradual uphill mile one, big climb mile two, and long grinding climb in mile three. The paces were marathon, but the effort was more threshold to be honest. 5:19, 5:24, 5:27.

My knee felt pretty decent for first 7-8 miles, hurt pretty badly from 9-12, and then went away with the fast push and doesn't hurt now either (30 min later). Hopefully with tomorrow off it will heal even more.