knee no good

hmm, so i went out for a run yesterday evening, and less than a mile in, the knee started complaining. this is such a bummer :(. i'm still hoping it's a temporary flare-up that'll go away with some RICE. planning to try out the cross-trainer this evening so at least i don't lose what fitness i have. am also adding in these knee exercises. fingers crossed, and really really hoping that i can get over this quickly.

ouchie in the knee

hmm, my right knee has gone for a toss :(. it actually started a few months ago, when, on two successive days, i hurt the knee in exactly the same spot. the first time, i was helping ani clean up some of his toys, and mashed my knee against one of his knobbly puzzle pieces. it hurt like crazy for a little bit, but then eased up, so i brushed it off. the next day, at trader joe's, ani rammed his little shopping cart straight into the knee :(. the double whammy put me out of commission for a couple of weeks, during which i consulted with my terrific marathon-running PCP. he suggested that i RICE it, and things should get better. as indeed, they did, for a while. ever since those injuries, though, i've had trouble climbing down stairs, but after the couple weeks of rest, have been mostly ok otherwise.

this last weekend, suddenly the injury flared up again, and i can't really think of a reason why. it started hurting real bad to even walk, and i was getting quite bummed out about the whole thing. i tried jogging a little yesterday, and funnily, that didn't hurt at all! so am going out for a run today - let's see how it goes.

sleepless in seattle

Crummy title, I know, but it really is appropriate. Had a really bad night's sleep last night, and it makes such a big difference to the quality of your run. I was scheduled to run 7, but decided to shorten it to 6 because of the lack of sleep. Usually, an easy run (between 8:30 and 8 minute pace) doesn't leave me breathing hard at all, but today, by mile 4, I was huffing! With a 2 year old, days like this are bound to crop up now and again, so I guess I'd best just get used to dealing with a little huffing!

here we go again...

hi there running blog...been a while since we met, hasn't it :)...good to see you, and you're welcome for the face lift.

well, obviously a lot has happened since we last chatted...Ani's now 2, and I've run as many marathons! Portland '09 (3:34) and Eugene '10 (3:33). The rest of 2010 was mostly a wash, what with our move to Seattle, Mago Babago's visit, etc. I did finally run the Helvetia Half, in 1:39:42. That was a lot of fun. A half is over quickly even for slowpokes like me, and you aren't nearly as wiped out as after a marathon. Definitely see more of them in my running future.

Slowly getting back into the groove - the 3-month free membership to 24hr fitness was a windfall! The roads here are really really hilly, plus it's Seattle, so it's good to have a place to run indoors in the winter.

Have a running plan for the rest of the year set up, although the first week did not get off to a great start. Missed a couple days due to the really bad weather we had this past week - amazing how a couple inches of snow can bring a city this size to a standstill! Nice 8 mile run today on the TM. The hunger to run is coming back, which is wonderful!