60 min on the elliptical. Much more tolerable today because I had my new People magazine to read and my ipod. :) Sure is hard spinning around endlessly on that thing when the weather is perfect outside though...
Short walk with the Pup and 20 min weights at home.
The leg is not any better and I have a bad gut feeling that this is more than just a minor setback. I have a really high pain tolerance and when jogging or walking downstairs the pain is pretty high! It's really hard to know though and in some ways it just feels like something needs to be popped back into place and everything would be okay. Either way the silver lining is that walking and cross training do not seem to iritate it. Looking back at my training in 2012 this is only the 3rd day I have taken completely off of running so I really have no room to complain. I also have no races coming up so a short break might actually be a good thing. I am not saying any of this is good but I'm really trying to be optimitic and celebrate the fact that I've had a great year and some time off (granted it's nothing major) is okay and maybe even necessary. I'm going to get a bike from my parents house this weekend so hopefully that will help with the cross training.
I also talked to Jorge and he agreed with Bonnie & Bam that I should not foam roll or try to work things out on my own. Initially I thought the pain was all in the upper calf but now that it is more apparent in the lower outside of the knee I need to be smart and not make it worse. Thanks for listenning to my ramblings! :) | 