{"id":3325,"date":"2015-08-24T10:54:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2015-08-24T10:54:40","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:54:40","slug":"knee-update-because-you-asked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3325","title":{"rendered":"Knee Update: Because You Asked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Review needs to be done so you can understand a little as to what caused my left knee to be angry with me over the weekend.<\/p>\n

We had running group meet at our house again Saturday morning. \u00a0This is a weekly thing now and we have a nice group of people who show up to hit the road 5:30 am every Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Most of these runners do their long run of the week when they come over to our place. \u00a0You all know that Wednesday is my long run day. \u00a0This works out well so that both MFH (My Favorite Husband) and I are back at the house when people trickle back. \u00a0It’d be a real bummer if they came back to nobody home!<\/p>\n

Because they need (this last week, 18 miles) a long route, we need to be creative in making a new route each week. \u00a0Seeing as we are in the country, it is a challenge not to have a substantial amount of gravel in each week’s run.<\/p>\n

Let it be know here, gravel is not my friend. \u00a0I LOVE trail running! \u00a0Running trails and gravel are not the same thing. \u00a0This is something that I’ve tried many times to explain to MFH. \u00a0He seems to think (or at least this is the impression I get) that if I like trails I should like gravel as well.<\/p>\n

Nope. \u00a0I hate running on gravel. \u00a0It hurts me. \u00a0And it chews up my shoes.<\/p>\n

Gravel. \u00a0Boo.<\/p>\n

Now that we understand that, let’s move on to last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Saturday was warm and 100% humidity. \u00a0Very, very foggy morning. \u00a0It was difficult running weather. \u00a0Everybody in the group was struggling.<\/p>\n

We had about 3 miles total of gravel on Saturday’s route. \u00a0Not a huge amount but with the weather conditions added into the mix. \u00a0Not a good combo.<\/p>\n

I had also worn an almost completely dead pair of shoes. \u00a0I have two good pair of shoes right now. \u00a0They have lots of life in them and I didn’t want to destroy them on the gravel. \u00a0Hence the dead shoes.<\/p>\n

So, you add it up. \u00a0Gravel. \u00a0Bad weather. \u00a0Dead shoes.<\/p>\n

Unhappy knee.<\/p>\n

It started talking to me at mile 6. \u00a0I’ve never had this happen before. \u00a0It wasn’t incapacitating or anything. \u00a0It was just a brief but very sharp, Ouch! \u00a0I didn’t like that.<\/p>\n

I reached the turn around for my run, headed home and called it a day.<\/p>\n

Sunday, I was supposed to run an easy 4. \u00a0My knee was still a little unhappy and I decided that I wasn’t going to mess up my knee over four miles! \u00a0I called it a rest day. \u00a0Today was a scheduled 10. \u00a0A 10 mile tempo run.<\/p>\n

This morning it was 75* \u00a089% humidity when I headed out at 4:00 am for my 10 miler. \u00a0Seeing as it was so humid, I scratched the tempo run and decided just to run 10 and see if my knee talked to me.<\/p>\n

I am very happy to say that my knees were thrilled to be out running today. \u00a0If I take too much time off, my body gets upset with me. \u00a0The next run is ugly because my body grumbles. \u00a0Hahaha!!! \u00a0We want the body to be happy, don’t we?<\/p>\n

So, everything went peachy this morning. \u00a0It was a little slow but that was just due to the humidity. \u00a0We are supposed to get a break in the weather sometime this week. \u00a0Looking forward to that! \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Thanks everybody for asking. \u00a0Glad to be able to give you a happy report!<\/p>\n

Came home around 6:00 am and enjoyed a nice cup of coffee for a recovery drink. \u00a0Coffee, not just for breakfast anymore!<\/p>\n

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