"You wrote a bad song Petey"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4FyZwAFZII
...pretty much sums up the day. Went out with a fun crew for 20, began limping after about 6 or 7 miles, walked/ hobbled in the last few. Probably the most pain I've had while running since I ran on a broken foot. The entire knee froze up and I felt unable to move it. Luckily I was able to get a massage in immediately after, and with some myofascial release, ice, heat, and laser therapy I can at least again bend my knee.
In the spirit of being less bitter (I know, who is writing this right?) I am glad I went out today. As much as it sucks feeling like all the healing progress I've made in the last 2 weeks is gone, I am glad because today's run confirmed the diagnosis of the popliteus injury (definitely not a PCL). That little muscle is also easily injured upon impact. Today it seized up on me, which then tightened all the ligaments around my knee, which immobilized my knee and caused excrutiaing pain.
The massage therapist was able to get the ligaments limber again and then work on the popliteus as well. The injured knee was substantially more swollen and stiff than my other one. I have again regained range of motion, it's just painful still.
Happy birthday to me! The birthday money I've been waiting for since last summer to buy me a real pair of running shorts is going to be spent on a course of 30 min massages. No sense in buying running shorts if I don't get my knee better to run on.... sigh.
These are the shorts I've been wanting since last summer. They'd look rather nice on my skinny little legs. Well, there's always next year (or the vain hope that I'll receive a birthday bonus!)
http://www.inknburn.com/women-s-performance-denim-shorts.html
Ah yes, also notable is Leslie finding a fish from England.
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