Failed Big Workout. Things started out just fine. We ran up Center Street to Dry canyon and along the Deer Fence Trail to Millville canyon. The hills were sufficiently hard. Paul was being nice though, so I was surviving. Somewhere around mile 8 my right knee started hurting. This was not a whining complaint, this hurt. I was hoping that once we hit the pavement and got away from the uneven ground it would improve, but it didn't. It felt like my leg would collapse at any moment. Weird. I ended up getting to the point where my leg would cramp up and pull so much on my knee that I just couldn't hold any kind of a pace. I told Paul to finish and I would make my way home. For a mile or so, I was able to go at 8:00 pace but it got progressively worse until I was doing more walking then running. I am a runner, not a walker so this made me frustrated and bored. I was still 3 miles from home so I did a combination of walk/jog-limp to finally get there.
My hamstrings have been really tight the last 24 hours due to running hard yesterday and then sitting either on planes, in cars, or at airports too much. Maybe that did it. Paul thinks it is my IT band as that is what is the most sore and could be causing the pain in the knee (outside of right knee). Tomorrow is rest anyway, so we will see monday how it is doing. Time to ice and stretch. T-1:33:00 12.1 miles (7:40) 157 --This includes the slow 10:00 miles but not the walking. | 