High-Octane

Today was a odd run. My knee was a sore so I ran easy for 8 miles and then all of a sudden it quit hurting all together....so then I ran fast! No pain whatsoever during the fast miles and even after for a couple of hours then the cycle started to repeat. Now my knee is sore again. I don't know much about how to determine exactly what the pain is but I believe it's a floating bone spur. When it get in the right position I can't feel it at all and then when it floats in the wrong spot it hurts. When I quit running, hours after, it starts to get sore from the grinding it did while i ran. It feels alot like the last time I had a floating bone spur. That's my self diagnosis... :-)

Mile

1  -  8:36

2  -  8:51

3  -  8:31

4  -  9:26

5  -  8:31

6  -  8:48

7  -  8:34

8  -  8:46

9  -  7:18

10  -  7:08

11  -  6:55

12  -  7:03

Avg Pace:  8:13

No HR information as the monitor wasn't working but I know I was pushing it he last 4 miles! I could not have kept up the pace much longer.

I have no idea where I am in my training and condition right now. I really need to run a 20 miler to figure that out but I'm not sure what that will do to my knee. 

So yesterday I started getting some swelling on my kneecap. This hasn't happened before but it could be several things. One is I haven't taken any Ibuprofen for a while or it could be increased irritation but there is no additional pain. The pain is only when I bend my knee, not when I strike the ground with my foot.

I decided to go ahead and workout/run today so I went to the gym and did alternating elliptical and run (2/2/2/2/2/1.5/1.5). Was planning on 12 althogher but I ran out of time. No rest between and the runs were 7:30/1% incline.

Proverbs 12:26
The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray.

For the first time in 3-4 weeks my knee didn't start hurting more as the day went on yesterday! Yeah, I'm thinking it's really on tne mends. I was taking today off and running a little longer tomorrow so I'm hoping for a good run. I'ts been almost four weeks since my knee first started hurting so if it is a bone spur I should be on the downhill side of it. I'm hoping to really test it on my next couple of runs and see how it holds up.

1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

I would call this run successful although I wish it were faster. I decided to go ahead and run my 20 miler and test out the knee and endurance today rather than wait until the weekend or early next week. I'm going to a roping competition this weekend so I probably won't be able to run then anyway. My knee felt really good yesterday and before I started running. During the run it had a little pain so for the first 10 miles I just ran at a slow pace and made sure it didn't get any worse. Miraculously at mile 10 the pain went completly away. This is what happend on a couple of my other runs lately. At that point I started increasing the speed and at mile 14 I decided to try and complete the run at my "real" desired marathon pace. As you can see the paces are all over the place as the loop I run is somwhat hilly and there are a few times I slowed to a walk for a few seconds to get a good drink.

I looked at my RLRF training book and found that a 20 mile 8:11 pace training run is very close to what you would run six weeks out if you were aiming for a 3:20 marathon. So, I guess I'm happy with that when I consider all the circumstances.

Darn HR monitor quit woring again, I would really like to know that information on this run!

1/24/2013
Mile	Time	HR	HR %
1	8:16:00	139	72%
2	8:34:00	145	76%
3	8:26:00	147	77%
4	8:25:00	145	76%
5	9:01:00	146	76%
6	8:28:00	145	76%
7	8:50:00	HR Monitor Not Working		Refill Bottles
8	8:14:00
9	8:32:00
10	7:56:00
11	8:03:00
12	8:46:00
13	7:59:00
14	8:22:00			Refill Bottles
15	7:40:00
16	7:46:00
17	7:21:00
18	7:43:00
19	8:13:00
20	7:11:00
Total	163:46:00		Total Elevation Gain	1750
Pace	8:11:18
Where Run - Small Loop Clockwise 3X
Weather - 61 degrees, Foggy, 75% humidity
Target: Long Run - 20 Miles @ 7:56 Notes: First long run since my knee started giving me problems 3 weeks ago so I took it very easy for the first half of the run. Heart Monitor started acting up after 6 miles.

Probably posted this verse before, but it's a good one:

Romans 5:3-4

More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

Went to the gym today for a rocover workout after my 20 miler yesterday. I actually felt pretty good and my knee is no worse than before the long run. I ran the ellipitical and treadmill 2/1/2/1 with the tm @ 7:30 pace. I might get to run the weekend but it will be short if I do.