Knee Problem

Saturday's run was really tough for me. (I knew I'd jinx myself with that last blog of mine. :-) ) I did pretty good through the first 5 or 6 miles. I stayed with the group, I call "Carey's Cuties", until the water stop at the Baptist prior to heading to the lake. From that point on, I just couldn't do much. My knee was really hurting. I had to walk more than I ran and when I did run, it was pretty painful. So, I only did one loop around the lake and headed back. I talked to a couple of people afterwards and they thought I may be having IT band problems. (I immediately thought of Kim B. during the 20 miler.)

So, I went home and emailed Wayne. Spent the rest of the weekend icing and eating ibuprofen. Saw Wayne Monday and the good news is that he thinks its "runners knee." Of course, then I started thinking of Wanda, who had to have a cortizone shot for hers. Yuck. But, Wayne thinks that if I'll stretch more (I have really tight "hammies") I should be able to get through this.

I ran yesterday afternoon and did 3:1 intervals. The knee felt pretty good. Felt a little bit of a twinge, but nothing serious. Ran this afternoon on the treadmill (since I had a hair appointment to get to) and the knee felt really good. But, that's to be expected, right?

So, I'm looking forward to Saturday in some ways and I'm nervous about it in other ways. I really hope my knee acts right. It's supposed to be cooler Saturday morning so maybe that will help us all have a really good run.

And, finally I received my marathon confirmation yesterday (as I know a lot of you have, too). It was very exciting! October 7 will be here in the blink of an eye. Yay!

See everyone on Saturday! Blog on, marathoners.