Feeling Better

1 Mile Easy - 8:52 - 8:52 Pace

Felt really good today, no little pains, no awkward feelings about my body movements.

Another SHort Run

1 Mile Easy - 8:55 - 8:55 Pace

Easy run today, still dong three miles this week, maybe 4 next week.

3 miles this week...new record...

1 Mile Easy - 8:55 - 8:55 Pace

Still feeling good, ran a little faster today. I'll do another three miles next week, then maybe try 4 the following

Still Feeling Good

1 Mile Easy - 9:00 - 9:00 Pace

Felt good again today.

Day Three

1 Mile Easy - 8:35 - 8:35 Pace

Still no pain, but that is how it went last time. Well, again, I shouldn't say no pain, there is still the pain of getting back into running. Wednesday I'll give it another shot.

Day Two

1 Mile Easy - 8:41 - 8:41 Pace

2nd mile on comeback number 3 today. Again, I felt good, a little out of sync, but my knee felt good. My quads on the other hand need to get back with the program, very sore today....and the usual hips and back a little sore, not used to the bouncing. It will come back to me. If this works, I have been reading a lot of books and article about training less and still running marathons. Just having one long day, a tempo day and a speed day, three days of running in a week, and that can get you there. I think I will surely give this a try, if my knee is ok, given my history of breaking.

Enough Waiting Already

1 Mile Easy - 8:30 Minutes - 8:30 Pace

Well, it is almost to the point where I have no choice left but to go under the knife, so before I go that direction, I am going to give it one more try to see if it has healed. Today was the first day of round 3, felr ok, but it did last time as well. Try again Thursday.

Back of Shelf

I have been told to cool it again for another 3 months......So, back to biking at the gym, I think I am going to start lifting weights again, and I might break out my mountian bike again.

So, talk to you in 3 months.

Another Mini Run

Abs Class - 15 Minutes
1 Mile Easy - 7:21 - 7:21 Pace

Another jog though the neighborhood today, actually, it was faster than a jog, but still pretty easy, other than the heavy breathing and painful muscles. Knee felt ok though.

Better

1 Mile Easy - 7:73 - 7:43 Pace

Tried the sidewalk again today, knee felt a lot better, my body was a little sore because it was a first thing in the morning run, but that's it. I am going to avoid the treadmill for a while, see how it goes.

3 Treadmill Miles

3 Miles Easy - 24:00 - 8:00 Pace

Treadmill again today, not sure why, I went to the gym to do abs, got to excited about running 3 miles, so I skipped the abs and jumped right on the treadmill. I was planning on running outside. It felt good, little twinge in my knee to start, but after that it was fine. The treadmill I was on however, had a touch screen issue, so when I was done, it took me about 1 minute to finally slow the belt down, guess I could have just stepped off the belt, but I didn't think of it then.

Now onto running on the treadmill, my knee is a little sore tonight, didn't hurt at all running outside. When my knee started hurting, I had just spent the entire winter training for a marathon on the treadmill, and had only run outside twice. I know I run a little different, wonder if that is my issue.

I will be in Atlanta starting Wednesday night, coming back Friday, I think I will take the rest of the weekdays off of running, one to let me knee rest, and two to stay off the treadmill, then do a mile on Saturday.

Running in the Rain

1 Mile Easy - 7:37 - 7:37 Pace

Got rained on today.....and loved it. I knew I missed running, but had no idea how much I missed it.

2 Miles

2 Miles Easy - 15:46 - 7:52 Pace

Got up and decided to run 2 miles today, did a little stretching, and out the door I went. The run felt good, no issues with the knee, and it was nice to be out and running. 2 miles was a bit much for my out of shape lungs and body, but it was a good feeling to be in that kind of pain again, looking forward to running tomorrow.

Treadmill Time

Abs Class - 15 Minutes
1 Miles Easy - 7:30 - 7:30 Pace

Ran at the gym again today, trying to figure out what it is that makes my knee hurt. Went at a pretty good pace, worked up a great sweat, and felt good again. Figured out I was slacking a little in abs class, I think my body had learned how to shortcut some of the exercises, and i was making it too easy....fixed that.....ouch

First Run on the Sidewalks

0.6 Miles Easy - 4:00 - 7:06 Pace
0.51 Miles Easy - 3:37 - 7:06 Pace

I am guessing at the first 0.6 miles, my watch apparently had not gotten a signal yet, so I had no idea how far or fast I was going, but based it on running the same pace the second half.

But yeah, on the sidewalk, I got excited again and was clipping along at a good pace, almost 7 minute miles. Felt really good again, I was favoring my right side quite a bit, but I think that will go away. Anywho, I am not sore tonight like I was yesterday, I wonder if it is the biking that is doing it to me.

A Little Sore

Abs Class - 15 Minutes
1 Miles Easy - 9:00 - 9:00 Pace
20 Minutes Exercise Bike

Ok, so I checked out the treadmill today, my knee was kinda sore all day, but once I started running, I felt great. Problem is, it is sore now, and is starting to remind me of how it used to feel when I was having issues. I think I am going to lay off the biking for a bit, and see what that does for me.

Another Mile Bites the Dust

1.07 Miles Easy - 8:19 - 7:45 Pace

I was thinking that the biking was warming me up and getting me going for running, allowing me to run faster, but apparently it was slowing me down. Today was a breeze, well, I was still winded, but it wasn't bad. I think I need to get off the soccer field and onto a more level surface, lots of ankle twisting, which can't be great for my knee either. Have little pain in my knee, but not sure what it is, it's more of just an annoyance, and not necessarily in the bad spot.

Working up a Sweat

Abs Class - 15 Minutes
Exercise Bike - 20 Minutes
1.04 Miles Easy - 8:23 - 8:01 Pace

Another beautiful day in Grand Rapids today. Got a really good sweat going during abs and biking. Abs was tough because the woman running it was not doing the exercises with us for some reason, but that made her cadence really fast. so we were pumping through them quickly. Then on the bike I started at about 80 RPM, and ended at about 115 RPM....good sweat.

I think the fast biking may have been why I had a little pain in my right knee, right in the last place I want to feel it as I started my run. It went away about half way into the mile, but something to pay attention to, keep my speeds down on the bike, and see how it goes.

Other than that, running is going well.

Need to retrain myself with pacing

Abs Class - 15 Minutes
Exercise Bike - 20 Minutes
1.01 Miles Easy - 7:50 - 7:44 Pace

Abs felt good, biking felt good, running felt great. However, I was visited by an old friends of mine, that guy that just takes off and runs as fast as he can, not worrying about what pace I should be running. Yeah, so 7:44 was probably a little quick for my pace at this stage in my comeback, still, I did feel good. It just reminded me of how hard it was to curb my natural instinct to get the runs over with as quickly as I could. Shouldn't take me a year this time to relearn pacing, I am, in fact, a little more knowledgeable of a runner than I was back then.

Oh yeah, and have I mentioned, I am out of shape :-)

Oops, Forgot My Watch

10 Laps around soccer field
60 Minutes exercise bike

Forgot my watch today so I have no idea how far or how long I ran, but I still feel good. My knee did ache a bit after an hour on the bike, actually both did, but I think that is just from inactivity. I'll go a little easier on the bike tomorrow, and bring my watch.