10 miles. Met up with Leslie, ScottW, Craig, and Zac. We ran a decent pace, minus the 20 mins of inactivity at the halfway point. Of course on the way back my headlamp died (I haven't charged it in weeks, go me) and I was running with Zac. Finally, someone who is as good at directions as I am... lol. Took a wrong turn and added on a 0.25 mile. Then we waited around for everyone else. Hoping they were still behind us, we headed to the car, only to be embarrassed that they beat us there and knew our mistake. It is a ridiculous fact that I still get confused on the trail behind my house. Oh well, it's a work in progress. In other news, my knee felt great. Pain fluctuated between a 1-2 for the first 5 and dropped down to a 1 the 2nd 5. I woke up half hour early to spend 20mins heating it and to have some time for squats and lunges before the run- it does so much better warm and with the muscles ready. I haven't been adding this on, but since last Wednesday I've been working my arse off trying to get my knee healed. The PT stretches, icing, heating, and strengthening takes 1-3 hours a day. About 45 mins of it is entirely useless (so it feels) doing weird weightless moves with my leg and stretching everything around it. I've started some homeopathics, with a couple more that are supposed to arrive tomorrow. Add to that the extra vitamin C, multi-vitamin, and herbal muscle relaxants.... yeah. But the aggressive combo is working! My opposite shin (compensation injury) now hurts more than my actual injury, and even that's improving after some trigger point massage. | 