Day #1 of plan. Did well. Ran this morning on the treadmill for an
hour, took a shower, went to the orthopod to get my knee looked at. He
agrees it was likely a meniscus tear but a very minor one....the bottom
line is that I am running pain free right now. Why scope it? The x-ray
looked good; I have beautiful bones. And there was space there for
cartilage...I am not bone on bone anywhere in my knees, which is great
news too.
When I got home I jumped back on the treadmill and
ran for another hour and 20 minutes, banking some time for later in the
week when I won't have two hours to run. My mileage will go up
way too fast if I spend the whole two hours running. I am going to try
hard to get some x-training in. I also gave myself extra time today for
the ice bath, which I sat in for 20 minutes. As I get more fit I will
be able to handle running 12 hours a week. As for now, I need to be
careful. I went 13.6 miles today but that will decrease dramatically. I
hope to average no more than 9 miles a day this week. |