2 More Tough Ones

Wow, I have lost my stroke. My game is all of................but I still feel great while running, it will come back. 2 miles at a time.

Oh it's been so long

Wow, taday I ran for the first time in about 2 months. I have been on the road for work every week for the last 3 months. I haven't touched a weight in 3 months either. I am out of shape, I have been eating poorly and not working out.

So today felt so good, it was tough, but if felt good. 2 miles in 17 minutes, I didn't break any speed records, but I am on my way to getting back on track. More to come..................you can count on it.

I feel good

Can a guy find some sidewalk

Went for a 3.64 mile run today here in Columbus. I am at the Holiday Inn this week because the Baymont is full due to the Air Show. So I looked on Google and thought I found a nice path that would take me to a park about 2.5 miles away. Well, there wasn't a single sidewalk on the route, I was running right next to a very busy road, and people were not making an effort to give me any room. So I cut it a little short and didn't make it too the park. I didn't want to risk getting run over.

4 Miles in Michigan

4 Miles around the block today. My knee feels great, now I just need work to slow down so I can work my way back into a routine.

5 Treadmill Miles

Ran 5 miles on the treadmill here in the Louisville Holiday Inn. Feeling good.

4 Good Miles

Ran 4 good miles last night. Up hill, down hill, on grass, sidewalks and the road, and didn't have any of the pain in the back of my knee. Not even this morning when I woke up, and I was runing at a good clip, 8 minute miles, which is a lot faster than I have been running. The new stretches I have been doing by pushing on my leg above the knee when it's straight have worked. My PT has worked it over good for a few sessions. He tells me now to just run and see how it feels. So tomorrow I am going to run 4-5 more up at Crystal Mountain.

Little Pain during my 4 Miles

4 Miles today, runners knee is coming back, still no pain in the back of my knee, did have a little pain behind my knee cap though. Tomorrow is my first PT appointment in a week or so, we will see how my knee feels in the morning.

4 Miles

Nice run today, 4 miles around the block here at home. My legs were sore, but they felt strong, and the run felt pretty easy. I felt the runners knee a little, not feeling the pain I had in the back of the knee, just some aches. So I think I am feeling better. Looking forward to feeling better and getting back into it.

Good 3 Miles

Another 3 miles in 93 degree weather here in Columbus. Again, me legs felt pretty good, tired, but not painful. I think it is safe to say that I am not going to make my marathon in October though. I am way off on my training and I am not where I need to be. Time to reschedule another marathon.

91 Degrees and Running

Ha, it was hot today, 91 degrees, at 5:30 pm. I ran 3 miles around the hotel here in Columbus. Felt good again, the knee anyway. Man, it's amazing how quickly I lose what I had. I was out of breath, my legs we burning, and I felt all out of wack........Feels like where I started.

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.