Life in the Running

Allen and I decided to run in Central park today after work. It was probably one of the better run's I have been on. It is such an amazing place to hang out and run. So many people out being active in such a big city. We ran/walked since it's only his second time running with me, but he did an awesome job IMO.

Well blogger's. I was really wanting to run Central Park every day I was in NYC for these two weeks so that I was conditioned for the Ogden Marathon. Well between mile 4-5 yesterday my left knee started acting up again and after the 5th mile I could not run on it anymore. I had Ice on it all night last night and could not sleep cause of the pain. Today at work I was limping everywhere which isn't easy going through the subways, up and down stairs while wearing steal toe boots. I have no clue what is wrong!!!!!!

Like I mentioned in the past, this happened to my right leg a few months ago but healed after a few weeks and I have not had a problem since. Well my right knee got injured 3 weeks ago so I backed off the running for 2 weeks trying to heal it. Guess it's either not healed or it's a deeper problem.  I google'd the crap out of what it could be today and I'm leaning towards this???  "Iliotibial Band Syndrome" any opinions or solutions?

 I did manage to at least walk the small loop around the park tonight after work. :)

So since my knee is still acting up and we could not stand letting Central Park look at us Allen, Mo and I rented some bikes and rode around central park 3 times! I went to grab my garmin to track my heart and miles and realized it was dead so I had to use my iphone and Motion X GPS program to track it. It only lost GPS for about 1 mile on the last lap so it logged a total of 19.7 miles. It really kicked up butt on the uphills and made me realize how weak my legs really are and that could be the key problem to my knee problems. We still enjoyed every minute of it and I can't wait till I am healed up. :)

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Today was my first official race ever! :) Since I knew I had a bummed knee I decided to take it easy today just so I could experience the joy! So I decided just to stay by my GF Jessi's side the whole race and give her moral support. She did awesome for not really training this year also. I can not wait till I get healed up and can try for a sub 2 hour 1/2. :)

Went and played golf today at 4 Lakes again. We just did the par3 course since it had been a few weeks. I managed to beat derek by 2 strokes. I think he shot a 39 to my 38. It was nice to get out. I forgot to turn on my garmin to track our miles.

1. It was raining a lot here so I decided to just try out the elliptical also since my knee was sore from the race still. Well after about 27 minutes on the elliptical I was beat and was limping back to my room. I thought the elliptical was supposed to be easier on your body, my knee must really be jacked up!

 Allen and I decided to take a tour around Vancouver today. We only ran about 1.5 miles of it due to my knee, but still had a good time. My GPS wouldn't get location until about .3 miles and 6 minutes in so it's a little off. All and all we did a total of 11 miles today, not to shabby after the 13 miles I did last saturday! :) Walking along the water wall was very scenic, sometimes it pays to travel!

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Allen and I decided to rent some bikes and ride around the park and city of Vancouver BC today! I have to say I really need this cross training. I have come to realize that my thighs are really weak and that could be part of why I keep injuring my knee. Still managed to get in almost 34 miles today and saw a lot of breath taking sites! :)