It's NOVEMBER Already??

Okay, I did run between now and the last post. I even have the workouts stored in my watch. So let's see if we can piece them together. On Tuesady the 25th, we did a speed workout, from the looks of these splits. So let's see, it must have been 5x1200 meters at 10K - 40-45 seconds. So, for ease of math, that meant 9:16 to do a mile, so 2:19 to do a lap, and 6:57 to do the full 1200. Here are my splits:

1. 2:18:75
2. 2:12:32
3. 2:14:51
Total: 6:45:58
Average: 2:15:19

1. and 2. 4:32:16
3. 2:14:25
Total: 6:46:41

1. 2:19:92
2. 2:20:11
3. 2:16:06
Total: 6:56:09
Average: 2:18:69

1. 2:18:80
2. 2:16:48
3. 2:17:44
Total: 6:52:72
Average: 2:17:57

1. 2:18:35
2. 2:17:78
3. 2:15:67
Total: 6:51:80
Average: 2:17:26

As you can see - I pulled in all my times under where I was supposed to - so I was pretty darn happy. I wish I had had every single lap at 2:19 or lower, but even the one lap at 2:20 was technically on target, so I was happy.

And now I remember what happened to the rest of the week before last - it just disappeared without me running. Though I did get out for a long run last Sunday. It was supposed to be 14 miles - and I got in 11 before it got too dark. I was pretty happy - since the farthest I had gone before that was 7 miles. However, I had forgotten my watch. So, I remember it took about 2:20 to do the 11 miles. I was on 10 minute running intervals with 90 second walks in between. So, not the best pace - definitely slower than I would like to be, but I was still happy to have done 11 miles.

However, what I wasn't happy about was my knee. My brace started to slip around and was hurting the other side of my knee - usually it hurts on the inside of my right kneecap (like the side closest to my other leg) - but the brace was making it hurt on the outside. So partway through the run I took off the brace. Put the brace under the car as I was running by. So - that slowed me down a teeny bit, but mostly I just wasn't quite on pace.

Anyway, so on Monday I could barely walk. If I didn't bend my knee - then I was okay, but only then. So I opted not to run on Monday. Tuesday night we headed out for the intervals, and my knee had been feeling a little not great, but not terrible - and seemed to do just fine with those intervals.

I didn't get in a tempo run, and on Friday when we headed out to do the long run of 15 miles - my knee wasn't feeling great again. I opted not to wear my brace, because it was the outside of my knee that was hurting. I'm not sure what the plan is going to be from now on, besides making sure I actually do my physical therapy. Because Friday's run definitely didn't work. I got in maybe a total of six miles - and a lot of that was walking. My knee was really acting up after a little over two miles, so I decided to take it easy. I'm not looking for permanent damage here.

Anyway, so my knee has mostly been feeling better. I will do some physical therapy so that I no longer have to wear the brace - and hopefully everything will be all hunky dory again. If not, I guess it's back to the dr to see what he says. Last night we were going to do a speed workout - but the weather had other plans. We had a huge rainstorm, and didn't feel like running through lightening. I have things for the next three nights - but the plan is to get in a tempo run on my own, do intervals on Friday, and then the long run sometime this weekend.

One of these weeks we're *actually* going to do three workouts....