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.
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