Pain

So it's been a week and a day since I last run. Here's why:

I'm hurting on my knees and my cough. As I said last, I still have it. I don't know what to do about it. I'm not coughing anything up like mucus but it's just there like a tightening or a tickle in my chest so I cough. So I'm hoping that a few days rest will heal my lungs.

Now on to my knees. I think I have a slight case of runner's knee again. I wore my knee bands last week on my run but I guess that didn't help with the 11 miles because I woke up on Sunday and my left knee hurt around that area, behind the knee cap. So I've been taking this week off and I kept saying, I'll run today and I said that yesterday and no such luck. It was still tender. I've been keeping it as straight as I can and putting ice packs on it. My goal was to run this morning but I have a lunch meeting with someone. So Monday definitely because I can't run the half marathon with having 2 weeks off running! That's insane!

No worries, I still plan on running no matter what happens.

Categories: runner's knee, St. Jude Half Marathon

Skiing to running

i went from skiing obsessively to running. planned on doing a few races (like 5) over the summer but now since hurting my knees i've slowed that down.

Categories: runner's knee

runner's knee

i have diagnosed myself with runner's knee(s). so i'm off this week from running. supposedly I should take off a few weeks but screw that. I'm the type that will run until my body breaks. i'm stupid like that though. haha. So I went into MC Sports to buy knee bands and I see a friend in there who also runs. I talked to him about my problems and he thinks it could be my shoes. I hope so, cause getting this after only a mile and a half is not cool with me. So this weekend I'm buying new shoes, expensive shoes, good ones that will help me I hope!

Categories: aches and pains, runner's knee, shoes

pain

Today I'm taking off all together from any sort of workout. I just had Thursday off but Wednesday will be my new day off. Yesterday I ran outside. Today's the day to actually do it cause it's B-E-A-UTIFUL out there. But a friend of mine told me his route and he said it's .8 miles so I ran that plus around my block. I forgot how runny your nose can get or how cold your ears will get and hurt afterwards. So I have no times to tell ya. Today, my knees hurt. Pain it comes with the terriority.

Categories: aches and pains, runner's knee

not about running

Just kidding here's the running stuff. haha.

quick update. I thought on Tuesday that I ran a 8:44 but I saw in my notebook that it was a 8:08. So better than I thought. Tonight. This is awesome now. You ready? 1 mile: 8:00.71. Walked three laps cause I was DEAD after that. 1/2 mile: 4:00.71. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!?! However, the first 2 laps of the mile I was actually saying ow ow ow ow cause of my knees. Even the first lap of the 1/2 mile I was still saying ow ow ow. Damon, you are going to get a really long message chalk full of questions from me about my knees tomorrow. Cause seriously I'm starting to get freaked about this. It hurts.

More tomorrow. I'm gonna take drugs for my knees now.

Categories: fast mile, lap repeats, runner's knee, Y track

running

is there anything else going on in my life besides that?

I think my body is breaking down. I don't remember my joints hurting after running. I sat for three hours tonight, I got up and started walking and my knees, both of them, started hurting! DAMN. then during lunch I realised that my left hip hurt when I stood on my left leg. I couldn't quite pinpoint the pain I was feeling. Not cool. Yes I know that it was 10 years ago I was a lot younger but c'mon, I'm still young right?

Tonight's figures are:
1 mile: 8:44 (first lap in :46) (last lap in :44)
1/2 mile: 4:00 even (last lap in :44)

I must admit I was a little dying after the mile today. Especially once I started running and my hips were going creak creak creak. But they got oiled up after a lap or two. I think I need to stretch more. But once I get in there I just wanna go. I don't even wanna do the walking laps anymore. But I still do.

After I was done, i was walking through the hallway and past a guy talking to someone else about races. I heard the guy (he was a teacher at the Y, does cycling classes) that was talking about his goal this year is to finish a 10k in 36 minutes. That a little under 6 minutes a mile. DO WHAT?!?! "Since I'm not doing a tri[athlon] I decided that should be my goal." Boy, did I get a case of the "Can I's?" and "Will I's?" after hearing that. I mean, seriously, the race is one month from tomorrow. Will I seriously be up to shape to do a 3.1 mile race in one go?? I feel like I need to "kick it up a notch" (sorry watching Emeril) in order to reach my goal.

Categories: aches and pains, hip, runner's knee, Y track