Training Log Archive: Torino

(My Garmin seems to malfunction and can't get the GPS to show even though it says that it is on. How to solve this?)
Did a little skitouring with Urs from Les Savagnière up to the Chasseral (the same trip I did last year when I was leading a snowshoe group). Beautiful sunny day and nice temps except on top the North wind was blowing hard.

I had problems on the downhill with my right knee just could not turn properly so I took the road down which was fast and easy.

Note to myself: still problems aligning both meniscii and knee cap in a new movement, first it hurts then eventually it settles and is (almost) painfree. But the knee definitely restricts my motions and could not imagine dashing through the woods for orienteering at this point.

Wanted to choose a different route and tons of people were out on the side where I usually run. So I ran up on the other side of the Aare and climbed to the edge and stayed there through woods and meadows until I took a trail back down and flat back.
For some reason the GPS didn't work, I tried several times to get it going but had no luck.

Squeezed in a run (amazing how much I all of a sudden have to get done) and tried to get out of my shuffle and actually advance to a "running" form of some sorts but it takes such an effort. Don't know whether I am missing the strength, meaning the push-off in my calves or whether it's still because my knees are "talking" to me, sometimes hurting, but mostly I feel them and I am careful about my foot placements and alignment. But I was very surprised that I was breaking the 40 min barrier which was a goal for so long. And today, It just happened. Maybe it was also the cold/flu thingy that has bothered me for so long, but I am actually still coughing.

A wonderfully sunny day, and it will get warmer every day into the middle of next week with spring in the air!!!

Could go on a "surprise" run after 6 pm as Urs came home a little earlier and took Matti for a walk to the playground at the Dählhölzli petting zoo. So I took that opportunity, put dinner on hold and left. Saw the two on the suspension bridge leading to the slide and having a good time. Came back through the woods and it was almost dark but the trail was very soft as all the snow and ice had melted and the woods smelled wonderful.
Still having trouble with my right knee, sometimes the inner meniscus, somethimes the knee cap, sometimes the outer meniscus. Just can't really run freely yet and keep limping at times.

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