You've got to want it to win it

My right knee started to hurt on Saturday night.  The only thing I could think of that I could possibly have led to it was my fall earlier that day.  I must have twisted it weird :-/  It hurt on Sunday, but as it was a day off I thought I'd be ok.  This morning it felt better, so I went to practice.  I heated up before running, then started the run with the team.  I made it 40 seconds and knew the run wasn't happening.  So I walked back to the training room.  Olivia evaluated my knee and thinks I may have torn my meniscus and that it is catching :-\  I wasn't able to see a doctor this morning, and we have camp all week, so I will have to wait until Thursday to try and get in.  The pool was closed, and I can't bike with my knee the way it is, so I did ultrasound and iced and called it a morning.  

In the afternoon we made record time going to Costco and Smith's and getting up to the house!  I went with the swimming group for the second workout.  I lagged at the back with Kenzie, and made it a half hour.  We swam out 15 minutes along the shoreline of the reservoir, and then back.  Out was a lot harder going into the wake, so the way back was much nicer.  I was exhausted afterwards!  Luckily, Becky had dinner waiting for us back at the house to enjoy right afterwards :)

This morning I was the only swimmer.  Heather took me to Pineview for my swim.  My goal today was to work on my neck position for breathing, and to try putting my face in the water as I moved from side to side breathing.  This was difficult while warming up since I needed to get into a rhythm!  But I tried as I got more settled into the water.  The water felt warmer than the air outside when I got in :)  I can move my head side to side and am comfortable putting my mouth in  the water, but not my nose.  I could do a few breaths at a time but only turning my head to the same side.  But hey it's progress!  On the way back I tried pushing the air our through my nose while under the water to keep water from getting in it.  All good progress!  I did 30 minutes total.  

This morning I went and watched the running girls do their hill workout.  This time Kep inspected the trail for moose and scared the one away before the workout started so the 400 wouldn't be cut short.  In the afternoon I went swimming with Giselle and Hannah.  This time, I could actually move my face through the water and alternate which side I came up to breathe on!  Just gotta time it so I get 3 strokes before coming up.  I did this for a bit, but once I was around the first corner the wake was bigger and I struggled.  I turned around at 16 minutes, and still had to add on 5 minutes back at the start since the wake pushed me along now.  I've improved a lot since Monday!

This morning I went swimming with Giselle.  I did the breathing thing for a little bit, but the top of the water was the coldest so I opted to keep my head a little above so I wouldn't be so cold.  I went out 15 minutes and back.  We're gonna miss swimming in the lake, especially when we are confined to the pool again :-P

My knee didn't hurt at all this morning so I decided I would try heating and biking.  I biked for 45 minutes!  It only hurt if I let my form get sloppy and my knee dropped to the side.  But no more catching and it didn't hurt!  I iced afterwards.  I had a Dr. Appt. in the afternoon and the doctor said because it had settled so much I could start rehab on it soon.  He said the pain was more patellofemoral, same as what I've had the past two years just in the opposite knee this time.

Heated up and did ultrasound before biking for an hour.  Iced afterwards.  I'm going to try running on Monday if all feels well!