Fly me to the moon...

Ran 5 miles along the trail with each mile successively faster.  I wasn't planning it that way, but I felt fine.  Started off with 7:30, 7:22, 7:11, 7:09, and 7:01.  Total time was 36:15 (7:15/mile).  Still tired and not getting enough sleep.

Easy 8 along the trail with Jeff and Sasha.  It was hard to get up at 6 after finally going to bed at 4.  I felt fine during the run, but my knee was giving me trouble throughout the day.  It especially hurt going up and down stairs.  I'm not sure what the problem is.  Total time was 1:03:40 (7:57/mile) for the 8 miles.  I finally caught the 8 minute guy on the last mile.
 

This was not a good morning.  I woke up to my alarm clock, but then fell back asleep.  I woke up again later and was late getting out the door to meet Sasha.  I couldn't find my keys and had to borrow my wife's set.  I met Sasha and Jeff, but I wasn't sure how many I could do with my knee giving my troubles.  It felt okay for the first half mile or so, but then it started hurting again.  I thought about turning around after 2 and probably should have, but I kept going until 3.  There were a couple of times when it felt like my knee was going to give out.  It was a sharp pain on the side of my knee that caused pain up and down my leg.  Strangely though the knee felt a little better after each time.  I turned around at 3 and headed back.  It was doing okay until I hit the uphill spiral after the tunnel under Geneva Rd.  It really hurt to go up that.  I continued on to the 5 mile mark and then stopped.  I tried to run a little bit farther, but it hurt too bad.  I ended up walking back home from that point.  I've never done that before.  I've never had to cut a workout short and walk home.  I've never really had an injury like this, and I don't like it.  I'm not sure what the problem is, but it started after my day back on the 30th.  I had some pain after my run that day.  Perhaps it was too much or too fast after 10 days off.  I wouldn't think so, but I know my shoes aren't helping the situation.  I need a new pair.  I'll see how it feels tomorrow, but I don't think I will run on it.  I spent most of the day limping around on it.

The plan was to go about 4, but to take it easy and see how the knee felt. I also got a new pair of shoes to see if that would help. I got about a mile, and the knee started hurting a little. By the time I reached 1.5, I was done and turned around. It is very frustrating because after a day of rest it feels fine. I can go up and down stairs and walk on it with no problem.  It just hurts when I run on it.  Total time was 21:58 (7:19/mile).

I thought I would give it another try.  I ran the 0.25 to Sasha's house.  After about a half mile with Sasha and Jeff I could feel the pain again.  I turned around after 1.5 with them and headed home.  The knee felt a little better if I ran on my toes, but the pain is still there.  It is not so much knee pain as it is leg pain right next to the knee.  It is in that ligament or bone right along the side of the leg at the same height as the kneecap.  Total time was 27:07 (8:20/mile).

The leg started hurting earlier today, but I ran out to 1.5 with Sasha and Jeff.  I then turned around and headed back, but I had a detour.  I was taking care of some cats for a friend of Kathleen's who was out of town and ran there.  Then I walked home because the leg was hurting too bad.  Total time 23:09 (9:15/mile).

Same old story here only the knee started hurting sooner.  It seems to be getting worse even with the time off.  I'm going to try a bike.