Casey's 10K Training Log

AARRRGGGHHH!!!!

My stupid knee is in constant pain!  I tried wearing my brace this weekend and didn't run at all, but it still hurts.  I'm less than 2 weeks away from my race...I need a MIRACLE!

Or I need my doctor to tell me it's okay to keep running.  I had to finally make an appointment (it's on Thursday) to figure out what's going on.  This is really killing my mileage reports...and my normal cheery disposition. 

I'll keep you posted on what the doctor says.

32-min treadmill run. 

I've had better runs and my knee has had better days.

Today I went to the doctor to figure out what was wrong with my knee.  The diagnosis, a torn meniscus.  The doctor did say, fortunately, that I can continue running and can still run in the 10K I've been training for next weekend (he said it will be an issue of how much pain I can tolerate...additional injury is unlikely).  Whew!  Of course when I finish the race I"m supposed to go back for an MRI and possible surgery.  But we'll deal with that on a later blog date.

Because of all the poking and prodding done to my knee it was still quite painful at the time of my workout so I opted to do 30-min on the elliptical and save a run for tomorrow.

I finished, with minimal pain.  The pain actually seems worse once I stop, so as long as I don't stop during the race, my knee should be fine!

Ran 4 miles outside.  Weather report: 36 F, winds 18-24 mph.  That wind felt like I had a tornado running with me the entire time.  I didn't mind the first 2 miles since it was at my back and helped me increase my pace, but the last 2 miles were a bit annoying since the wind seemed quite determined to push me backwards. 

So, the knee.  It did its usual burning sensation, and it became obvious that my running gait is off since I have a knot the size of a grapefruit in my right calf (left knee is the bad one).  So, I am currently sitting here with ice on my knee and a heating pad on my calf.  I look absolutely pathetic.  It wouldn't be so bad if I was EIGHTY YEARS OLD! 

Tomorrow I'll lift weights (upper body only) and Sunday I'm going to try a hill run (only gentle graded hills, none of those perpendicular ones).  The race route I'll be running in has at least 2 decent sized hills, so I want to make sure I am prepared.