Had a great time planning the Zion's traverse trip. And eating as much guacomole as I wanted. Do I at all doubt that my knee will be ready for 50 again in 3 weeks? H-E-Double-hockey-sticks-NO. I just ran 39.3 miles on a wobbly sore knee, that had just 3 weeks of recovery time. In double that it'll be fine. I really think it'll be just dandy in another week or two. I'm done babying it. In other news, I decided to run at Liberty Park on the mulch trail. Ok, my body decided. I didn't really want to run. I've been having all these weird aches and moans and my body just keeps feeling like I need a good run to get them all out. So as I pull out to the park, I have severe pain on my right leg above my ankle. Screamin pain. WTF??! I decide to run anyways. For about the first 1/2 mile, the ankle screamed and I was convinced I was an idiot but I was desperate for warm muscles. It settled down, knee felt sore and wobbly, but not really painful. By the last 0.25 miles my body felt done. I thought I was going SO SLOW (I'm thinking 12 min miles) but I look at much watch, and it was just under 27 min for the 3 miles (and I stopped for water.) So apparently my body isn't as wasted as I thought it was. | 