Chasing my Dreams

The knee still doesn't have full range of motion and hurts somewhat, but isn't nearly as swollen. I ran 4 easy miles on the treadmill, and it felt about the same as Saturday. Still not healthy though. I went to the school and did some strength work to mix it up and see if that might help a little too.

I'm having to try and get this knee healthy, so I biked for 65 minutes. The knee didn't hurt at all while biking. My abs were sore from working them yesterday but things felt fine on the bike. My knee still feels about the same as it has. Luckily this isn't the middle of a season. The goal is once I recover from this to remain healthy, no injury or illness, for the rest of the school year. I think if I go back to biking once a week it will make a big difference.

The knee is feeling about the same and not getting much better. I ran 4 easy miles on the treadmill. I tried at one point to move the legs all the way through, but that full range of motion with the pounding makes sharp pain. I don't think it's IT band because when I've had problems in the past it has been dull not sharp. I really want to race. I just have to try and heal while trying not to lose any strength or fitness, which is nearly impossible unfortunately.

I warmed up with the team running. They were doing intervals on the indoor track out and I brought a bike out there and would go hard when Zach was doing his intervals. Bike intervals are not fun, but I was able to get the heart rate up though. Zach was having probably the best workout of his life. He was struggling on the last one so I jumped in there and helped him through it. The knee didn't hurt either during that. I did about 35 total minutes on the bike. Then I cooled down jogging for 15 minutes with Zach. The knee can fully bend normally today so that is good.

I ran six easy miles with Zach today. It was my first time on the roads in almost a week. We ran pretty easy, about 7:15 pace. My knee did pretty well, it did ache a little from about 1.5 to 3 miles. We picked it up and ran the last mile in 6 about 6:20, which felt a lot more natural than the slow pace. I fell on the bridge while watching a hawk which was embarassing, haha. We also saw a bald eagle which was cool. I still can't fully bend my leg when running though, like butt kicks are a no go.

I waited until really late to run because I was helping my Dad build shelves in the garage. I wasn't very motivated to get a run in. I ended up doing six miles which felt good. I averaged 6:33. It started at about 7 minute pace and I think I gradually got faster. It felt nice to finally run and not have anything hurt. I also ran into Trace again, haha. I think I'll be healthy to get in some good training next week.