AM - Did not sleep well as I think I am more nervous for James' XC race than if I were racing myself. Met Sasha at 5:00am. Since my knee was still bugging me I had already decieded to only run 12 and that would only be if the knee did not get any worse. We ran uphill towards the canyon the first 6 miles and the knee was hurting but not getting any worse. At the turn around I was just barely ahead of 7:00 pace and discovered again that the knee feels a ton better running on the gradual downhill so I gradually picked it up all the way back averaging 6:18 pace for the last 6 miles, so slower than marathon pace but I'll call it that for today. Overall 6:38 pace for 12 miles. I will get a few more today at James' XC race and with Jared. Late AM - 4.5 miles warm-up and cool-down with James and also running around during his race cheering him. Unfortunately James had a bad day today and said he felt bad the whole race with arms cramping and stomach hurting and said his body just wouldn't go when he wanted it to. He was pretty bummed but at least he qualified for nationals still and gets another chance to run in three weeks.
PM - 2.5 more, 1 with Jared and Benjamin and 1.5 with James and on my own. Knee hurts a little but not getting any worse at least for now. A day off tomorrow will do me some real good I hope.
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