10K recovery complete

While I am almost 100% recovered from the 10K on April 1st, my left knee just refuses to cooperate. Running on the soft, cushy treadmill was apparently not sufficient training for said knee. With a good bit of pain after running each day, I have started to ice it down. The rest of my body is doing well after the daily workouts, pain perhaps masked by the left knee. It's like the old headache fix. If you hit your fingers with a hammer, you forget all about your headache - at least for a while!

My workouts are going well. I've been at the gym 5 - 6 days a week for over 2 months now, grinding through 3+ miles daily on the treadmill and lifting weights 2 - 3 times each week. My weight loss has leveled off, so I need to change my weight lifting routine. Gwynne is going to help us today get a better plan programmed on our "smartkeys." Those keys have the routine on them, so we don't need to remember seat positions, weights, ROM or PAD settings for the various machines. Instead of working a bit on everything each 2 - 3 days, we will work on upper body one day, legs the next, and so on. More sets of 12 reps each. Supposedly it allows for a much better workout.

I'm all into a better workout - since I'm already in pain daily...

Monument Avenue 10K

The Monument Avenue 10K was held on Saturday. The weather was far warmer than it has been, so there were lots of people with hydration issues. For me, the training at the YMCA paid off. I cut 6 1/2 minutes off from last year's time (and I trained for last year), so was pleased. My time was 1:14:13 and last year was 1:20:49 (that's 6:36 faster). It was, however, punishment of my body.

As of Monday, the only thing that still bothered me was my knees. I think it was the uneven streets. They are a bit different from the nice, cushy treadmill!

Note to self: Next year train outside for a while!