Kerry's Running Blog

Took it easy this morning to test our my knee and see if it was fully recovered. Ran on the treadmill as a storm front was passing through with wind and rain. About three miles into the run my left ankle got a little sore, but I didn't notice any pain or stiffness in my right knee at all. After walking around and driving into work it's still feeling OK, but every once in a while I seem to detect a bit of stiffness (it might just be my overactive imagination). It might be too early to say that it's completely healed, but it's at least encouraging at this point. I'll try five or so for the next two days and then see about a 20 miler on Saturday. Even now, I think I'll break the long run up. Ten miles early with ice and rest and then another ten miles in the early afternoon.

Another easy five on the treadmill. Pushed it a little harder today and still no pain in my knee. I'll have to watch it this morning to see if it stiffens up at all. So far it's encouraging, but Saturday will be the real test.

Highland Glen loop this morning. It's starting to get light now about two and a half miles into the run. Kind of cool starting out, but it felt great after a few miles. Wore a knee brace just to see if it helped and if I could stand wearing it on a longer run. It wasn't too bad and it did seem to help. I'll probably wear it tomorrow for the first ten miles, just to make sure I can get through it without any soreness.

Ran ten miles with Greg at average 8:06 pace (American Fork/Kohler's loop). Felt pretty good, but my knee was stiffening up a bit by the end. Iced it and elevated it when I got home and it seemed like it was in pretty good shape. Ran errands, mowed the lawn and did chores around the house until five. Went for a three mile run with the idea of coming back home and running an additional seven with Laureen. The first mile was hard as my hip flexors and knee were sore. It started easing up a bit in the second mile, but experiencing a lot of lower bowel distress before hitting the three mile mark. Had to stop a couple of times before I got home because of cramping. Went out with Laureen and made it about a mile and half before the bowel problems returned. As my knee was pretty sore by that point I decided to just head back home. Iced and elevated it when I got back, but it was still pretty sore Sunday morning and the pain persisted through the afternoon. Sore again Monday morning, but seemed to gradually be getting better.