Training Log Archive: Sandy

Course setting stuff at Hickory Run. Gorgeous day. A couple of inches of snow but not enough to hide features. The ponds and marshes didn't stand out like a few weeks ago - they are now frozen and just have snow on them making them look like most everything else whereas before they were wet and a different color and so stood out like beacons.

My knee is pretty bad. It felt fine in Tucson and didn't hurt at all Tuesday. I confess to not wearing my knee brace to school Wednesday or Thursday - I haven't gotten around to washing the pads and they're a bit rank - and I'm guessing that is probably the biggest contributing factor. I also didn't ice Wednesday or Thursday morning as I was running late and I'm sure that didn't help.

It's a little better this morning but still not normal.

TNT - Penncrest track. When I started the workout I was thinking it would be a long evening of walking, my knee was really hurting. But I kept trying to jog a little and after a while it loosened up enough that I was able to run hard for short periods without pain. So I ran the curves hard and walked the straightaways, then bumped it up to running 1/2 a lap then walking 1/2 and finally doing a couple 3/4's. I was good and erred on the side or running more than walking by starting and stopping a good bit into the straightaway. So not sure how much good this workout did, but it ended up more than I thought it would be when I started.

TNT - Althought sorely tempted, did not wimp out. Ran some intervals with Sandy for a while; she wanted to run for a minute then walk for a couple. I couldn't keep up with her running or walking but did sort of okay by running and jogging slowly. She only wanted to do 30 minutes or so (that's what her recovery plan dictates) so I did a few more on my own after she headed up the hill. I'm not sure what pace we did the 1 minute runs at, but whatever it was, it was hard.

The time includes the walk down and the walk up - although I jogged a good bit of the hill on the way up. The drive was really muddy and my light wasn't doing much good - it was really foggy and it just kept bouncing off everything and not really illuminating much.

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