I had a tempo run on the calendar today. It was 1 mile warm up & cool down with 3 miles at a 8:25 pace.
I ran the first w/o my garmin because I didn't want to wait for it to find the satellites. The tempo miles were good, and it felt like I was pushing myself to keep the pace. My paces were 8:14, 8:13, 8:12.
After my last tempo mile, I tried to slow down, and immediately got a sharp pain behind my knee. Running came to a halt and walking was very difficult. I hobbled to the mailbox where I do my stretching, and tried stretching the muscles out. I wonder if my knee brace was too tight. Not really sure what the cause was, but it was the end of my running for the morning.
Put ice on it for a while as I was getting ready for work. It's been 3 hours and it's still a bit tender, but I can walk w/o any troubles. I took some naproxen and hopefully it'll work out by tomorrow.
It's been cooling off in the mornings, and the forecast was for rain this morning. So I put on my running tights, long sleeve shirt, jacket, etc. I took one step outside and thought I was having a heat stroke. My outdoor thermometer said it was 79o. It wasn't raining, but it was humid. I checked wunderground, and it said 73o with 98% humidity. I had to take a few min for a wardrobe change before I went on my run. After 4 miles, I was dripping wet...and it hadn't rained a drop.
I sure hope the weather isn't THAT bad for the race. I think I'd rather take cold rain than humid heat. But I'm holding out for cool, clear skies.
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