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!