3 Treadmill Miles

Ran 3 hard miles on the treamill today, seems to feel much better when I run hard and don't take those short steps when I take my easy runs. I will keep this up and see how it goes.

2.25 Miles

Ran 2.25 Miles today, still feeling pretty good. Going to pick it up a little next time.

2.5 Miles - Doctors Orders

Ran 2.5 Miles today on orders from the Doc again. Felt good, no pain, I think Doc Jim knows what he is talking about.

1.5 Easy Miles

Ran 1.5 Easy Miles today on doctors orders. He wanted to see if I could run that far without any pain. It felt good today, it usually does though. We will see how I feel in the morning. But for now, hopefully this is a step in the right direction. Feels like it's a long road ahead to getting back on my training plan.

Hmm, didn't know I was that screwed up

My physical therapist Jim seems to think it won't take to long to get me back up and running. He thinks it is a number of things causing my issues. My weak left ankle from all the basketball sprains. My left foot points a little bit to the outside when I run, he thinks due to my tight hamstring and calf. And I have a bit up a hitch in my running due to the week muscles on the outside of my right hip. So I have a bit to work on. He does have me doing some stretches and starting out with a 1.5 Mile run tomorrow to see how my knee feels.

Physical Therapy

Well, I start physical therapy on my knee this week. The doc says there is nothing wrong internally with my knee, so there is no fear of damaging it. I do have runners knee, and it looks like I tore my hamstring where it attaches to the back of the knee, that was the pain I was having a hard time running through. Might have been caused by the stretching I was doing.

I should be able to run once I get into the therapy, but I want to see what they say before I get back into things. Wish me luck.

Appointment Monday

Got an appointment with the doctor next Monday about my knee. I called for a referal to a knee specialist, but they wanted me to come in to get checked out before I got a referral. Hopefully someone will be able to shed some light on what is going on. I fear that this my derail me from my marathon goal this year........well, there are other races this year I can still get ready for, half-marathons..............we will see.

I Felt Good!

Ran Quality run #2 today, 2 miles of easy jogging, 5 minutes at a "hard" pace, 7:13 second miles, 5 minutes of easy jogging. I repeated this 3 times. I felt so good I ran another 3 easy miles after this for a total of 7.3 miles. Well, my knee is hurting right now, I think I need to go and see a specialist and get diagnosed and given the proper remedy.

I Feel Good!

Felt good today on my 4 mile easy run. This is the first time I have enjoyed running in a while, pain free. Back on the road here at home, I felt like I could have gone 8 miles, but I didn't want to push it, especially with my Q2 workout coming up tomorrow. Still trying to figure out how to get all my workouts in while traveling around and working long days, it will come, it's probably the eating while on the road I need to work on a little more. I am also still sturggling to get 180 steps in a minute while running, I am up to 160, just having a hard time getting more while running slow.

Stretching Helps

My knee feels good today, I am still taking the day off, but it feels better than it has since I started running again. Hope all is well with my next run, might be tomorrow night.