With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

Tried the p90x stretching dvd today.  It was good to stretch, but that guy is a little obnoxious, don't you think?

Ah, the call of the early morning alarm clock.  Too bad Christmas break had to end.

It was dark outside this morning.  No clouds, no moon.  Just that bright plant shining on me..I'm guessing it's Venus, but my astrological chart went missing & I'm not sure.

Did my PT first to warm up, then went out and ran in our balmy 34* weather.  I think there was a glitch in the matrix, because one of the loops I run on had a rabbit run across the road right in front of me two different times in the exact same place.  Guess he already knew how deep the rabbit hole was.

Had a very small progressive, but progressive run.  The last mile felt the best- bringing it home strong with the Pet Shop Boys.  I enjoy quiet runs sometimes, but most of the time, I love my tunes.

Knee didn't hurt at all, but after the run I could feel that it felt different.  Not in pain, and not really even sore...just different.

On a "glad I didn't run there" note, there was a dead body found on the trail I love to run on.  I haven't been on the trail in a while- guess I'll stay off of it until they figure out what happened to that poor guy. 

It was cold, so I did the Jillian Shred level 1 for my warm up, then did 2 miles of speedwork.  .5 regular,  .5 fast, repeat.  

Probably should have done more, but I don't want to over-do it with my knee.  A fine line between being too cautious and not being cautious enough.

9:40, 7:48, 9:06, 7:32

wonderful run. It was really dark out, and for some reason it seems like people aren't as nice to give me road room when it's cold outside.

I ususally get 80-90% of the cars to pull over the yellow line & give me some space when I'm running in the morning dark.  But today I only had 10% of the cars pull over & give me room.  Most of them acted like they were ready to run me over.

The run felt amazingly good, but knee twinges after.  I iced & stretched.  Re-evaluating plans for Feb.

decided to go easy & not push my knee into an injury trying to train for a mid-Feb marathon.

Kind of a let down, but I really don't want to hurt my knee again & it was sore a bit yesterday.

So today I slept in & did Jillian's shred 1 and my physical therapy.

Not quite as fulfilling as a run, but my knee felt better by the end of the day.

Did my PT before my run for a warm up.

My first mile I felt like I was running a good strong pace.  I couldn't believe it was a 10:25 pace...I thought for sure it was more like 9:40.  Funny how things seem different some days.

I eventually progressed and increased my speed so I was actually running a 9:40, but it took a couple of miles.  I'm trying not to over-do it or push too much so the knee can strengthen & heal without being abused.  The run felt good, and I feel great.  No knee problems today.

Update on the man shot on the running trail.  The trail was actually closed to runners/walkers/bikers (there were signs posted) for hunting that day.  A couple of hunters had just "jumped" a deer and it was running out of it's hiding spot when they shot at it.  Except one of the guys didn't shoot the deer, he shot the runner.  They called 911, but the guy died.  I guess it's his fault for being on the trail when it was closed. 

physical therapy exercises

work

run with Wyatt.  It was windy & cold, but I needed a therapy run like nobody's business.  Just what I needed, no one had to walk the plank today.  Thank goodness for Wyatt!