Weekly Report:

I have been bad about writing my weekly report.  A lot of it stems from the fact that I haven't been training much.  This knee thing has really kept me sidelined because I have been worried I may injure it more.  I finally saw a doctor about it and he diagnosed it as patellar tendonitis.  I was then referred to a PT and I saw him this week.  It was encouraging and he feels like he can give me some tools and workouts to get back on the right track.  He also saw a few things in my running mechanics that he felt could lighten the load on the tendon and help it heal.  All good new for me.  I got the green light from him to run and he didn't think I could do much to make it worse.  Again, all good news.

I plan on increasing my mileage this week by 1 mile a day just to get the legs use to a little more distance.  I have some exercises I will start including in my daily core work and at some point I will get the bike going again.  That might be next week because I didn't have time to fix my flat and get it off the trainer.  Somehow I got a flat back tire while it was on the trainer.

Overall I am just greatful I have been able to steadily feel some relief and that now I may be able to get some help to get this injury behind me.  I'm looking forward to a healthy summer full of trail running, road running, swimming, and biking.