Mandy's meanderings!

I think today's run felt the best so far this week.  I ran 3.5 miles in 32:50, then did a .75 mile cool down.  I finally tried stretching my feet and heels by just sitting in the kneeling prayer position and it made a HUGE difference-thanks for the tip Marion!

Had to go running a little later today, but I still got it in.  I ran 3.5 miles in 32:05, then did a .75 mile cool down.  I'm experimenting with doing a faster walk in my cool down since Marion exaggerated how fast I walk.  Now I'm curious to see how fast a walk I can sustain.  My left knee is bothering me a little bit, but other than that I'm feeling pretty good.

My knees have really been bothering me the last week, mainly my left knee.  I had a physical last Tuesday and they were of no help at all.  Apparently my appointment was with a nurse, not a doctor, so the response I got to all my general questions was, "Well, I don't do that so I don't know."  Wow.  Thanks for all the help and pointers.

 I decided to give it a go today and it went pretty well.  I ran 3.25 miles in 31:10, then did a .75 mile cool down.  My knee bothered me a little bit, but it wasn't major pain and so far it feels okay.  

Yeah, so running didn't work out so well yesterday.  Tuesday night I participated in a skit for enrichment and portrayed a little kid running after their mom over and over-on my knees across the gym floor.  My left knee did NOT appreciate the abuse.  About .15 miles in it started to throb so I ditched the effort.

Today I decided to try again.  I made it 1.5 miles before my knee started bothering me, so I switched to walking instead and that felt much better.  Total time for 3.25 miles was 35:06.  Hopefully my knee will be all better tomorrow!

Tried again today, but didn't make it very far.  I think I'm going to take a break for an entire week before I give it another go.

I think taking a week off helped a lot.  My knee bothered me and ached a little bit, but I took the run really slow and easy so it never got too bad.  I did 3 miles in 29:06, then tapered off to a 4.0 walk for my cool down.  I'm going to try icing my knee for a little bit and see if that will help with soreness the rest of the day.  It felt good to be doing something again.

My knee was sore yesterday, but felt great this morning when I woke up.  I decided to try running again today and it felt about the same as yesterday.  I ran .5 miles going 6.4 mph, then tapered down with each lap.  I ran 3 miles in just under 30 minutes, then walked for another 10 minutes.  Iced my knee down again and I think I'm not going to run tomorrow just to be on the safe side.

No running today, but I did finally make it to my chiropractor-oh the perpetual bliss he brings to my life!!!!  I FINALLY got my back to adjust after being out for almost two months and it feels GREAT again!!  I also had him take a look at my knee and said it was classic alskrjawoeifnadlsn something or other.  Basically, because my back was so out for so long and I kept running, it made my left hip muscle tense up, which made the outer quad muscle cramp up, which pulled my knee cap over to the outside of my knee, which left the tendon underneath exposed and irritated.  How's that for cause and effect???  Fortunately, it's not serious and I think I've figured out how to get the stretch in to fix it.  He gave me the green light to run however I want to as long as I stretch the outer quad muscle every day.  Yippee for me!!! 

Great run today.  I started doing the new stretch last night and my knee didn't even ache until almost 3 miles.  I was even able to get back up to my normal speed-almost.  I ran 3.25 miles in 30:30 then did a .5 mile cool down.  A little bit of ice on the knee and I feel great!

My knee started to ache just before I finished my first mile, so I slowed things down and it didn't get any worse.  Ran 3.5 miles in 34:30, then did a .5 mile cool down.  I seem to be sore in really weird places today and I'm not quite sure why.  I'm starting to think my shoes have been used up and that might be a factor in all this.

Felt pretty good again today.  I played volleyball for two hours yesterday after not playing for the last 7 months.  Needless to say, I can now tell you every muscle not used for running.  I almost didn't run today, but felt sick and decided if I was going to feel miserable I should at least run some more so I wouldn't feel guilty when I go to an ice cream party tonight.  I slowed it down a little when my knee started to ache, but by the end it felt great.  Ran 3.25 miles in 30:04, then did .5 miles at a speed walking pace of 5.3 mph, then a .25 mile cool down.  Lots of stretching and some ice and I'm mostly recovered!