Headed out today in the wind. I am sad I missed so many good weather days last week. The first 3.5 were very tough. I felt like I was pushing as hard as I could and going so slow. The legs were dead. We head up a 1 mile gradual hill and I started feeling much better and I pushed as hard as I could and I could feel my old self coming back. We decided to add on a little to give us 7 for the day and we ran the 1 mile flat (which felt great also) and then turned for the winding downhill home. The first third was pretty gradual and I could feel my quad tightening but I was okay. The second third is steep downhill. Soon as we started down the hill my knee pain return with a vengence. We walked home. The good thing is I have a good idea where to target some massage to relieve the knot. We will run on flat elevation the rest of the week. I am pretty unsure about the Spectrum 10k at this point because so much is downhill. Overall I am happy with todays run because I had some moments of feeling really good with good running and I have some ideas on why there is still some residual knee pain and how to resolve it. Ave Pace 8:52 Happy Running!
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