I am so frustrated today! I had plans to do a 13 mile long run today, was feeling really good, but starting at about mile 4, my knee started acting up (the outside of my knee, right around my IT Band). I stopped to stretch it out and continued. I had to stop again after another mile and stretch again, then again at the turnaround point (mile 6.5). I stretched again at mile 8, and was not feeling very confident of my ability to continue. I decided to push the next mile, which finished on a corner where there was a gas station. I made the decision to stop there, because it was really hurting me and felt like my knee might lock up (kind of felt like something was catching). I called Lybi and had her pick me up. Darn my knee! Cardiovascularly, I felt excellent. The first 8 miles felt easy to me. They were at 7:31 pace. Everything else felt good, my form, my legs did not feel dead, just this problem with my knee. My hip was also getting very tight, so I am fairly sure that the origin of the problem is up there (piriformis, IT Band, gluteus minimus, something like that). I am going to do some good stretching, and if it feels better this evening, I will do a few more miles with the boys. Otherwise I am shutting it down until next week. Hopefully it will feel better on Monday. I am probably going to go see the chiropractor as well. | 