Monday, August 16, 2010

Light at the End of the Tunnel

I was rather disappointed that my Friday 2 mile easy run turned into two half mile running segments and a mile of walking. And after working the water station this weekend, I was really chomping at the bit to get back to running. I figured that if my running is limited to half mile segments, then so be it; I'll run half mile segments.

So that's what I did. And I made through a 1.2 miles without experiencing knee pain.

With that bit of success, I made it a goal to head out again this morning. This time just a little bit further... 1.5 miles. Again, no knee pain.

Then I got really crazy. Decided to go out one more time after work and try to go 2.0 miles. Now I know twice in one day may seem like a bit much, but it's no different that running one day in the evening and then again the next morning.

And guess what? I made it through 2.0 slow miles without knee pain. Don't get me wrong, there was significant struggling with the heat. At points I doubted that I'd make it back to the house without keeling over from heat stroke. But no knee pain.

Are you following along at home? I've run a total of 4.8 miles over the past 2 days without knee pain. This, my friends, is a very good thing. It's nowhere near what I need to be doing to prepare of a half marathon (yeah, I'm thinking that probably won't happen, but we'll see), but I think I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Trust me, I don't want to push it and end up with another injury. Tomorrow I'll swim.

16 comments:

  1. Yay! I know how GREAT you must feel about this. ;)

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  2. Lisa, I'd give ANYTHING to be where you are right now!

    Fantastic news :D

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  3. Yay! Great news! Hope things only get better from here :) enjoy today's swim!

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  4. Yeah!! Congrats...fingers crossed for more and more...

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  5. So happy to read this! You must be on top of the world!

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  6. Nice work, you know your body and how it responds, you will get there.

    PS thanks for volunteering, I love to hear when others give back to the sport

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  7. Pain-free running is good.
    Running and walking and running: many people find this to be life-giving.
    Yea You!

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  8. slow and steady wins the race. Or at the very least heals a wounded knee. glad you are feeling better.

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