Day 65 - 5:00am - 11.5 miles on the track. The run starts out kind of slow. I'm still a little tired from the weekend. Dennis and I pick up the pace for a few miles and then settle back down into a slow pace. This is an uneventful run but I complete the mileage without any trouble. Dennis has been working his way through P90X and we enjoy laughing at the particular workouts and how tough they are at the same time training for an endurance event. I still think Plyometrics is really tough. Probably the most difficult workout considering all of the running.
Day 66 - 7:00am - P90X Yoga. An hour and a half of fun. I'm getting better at this. It is still tough but I'm able to do the work without as much trouble.
Day 67 - 5:00am - 11.5 on the track again. "On the track again, just can't wait to get on the track again". Sounds like a Willie Nelson song. Dennis and I run a pretty quick pace. Some of the miles go by sub 9 minute pace. I feel good and the miles go flying by. We discuss this Saturday's run and where we are going to run. When Dennis runs I can run the big hill with the cows and know nothing will happen. I don't know what it is but when he runs the cows leave me alone.
Day 68 - Friday - I have a busy day scheduled and don't get to my P90X workout. Not necessarily a bad thing but not something I want to become a habit.
Day 69 -6:00am - 4 hour Saturday! I'm looking forward to a 23 mile run. I start out with Dennis on a 13 mile loop. We head up over the hill. The usual hill. No cows, not one damn cow on the road. The run goes relatively uneventful. A little rain but thats about all. Then around mile 12 I start to get a little ache on the outside of my right knee. Nothing too serious but something different. I haven't had this before. I finish the 13 mile loop back at my house. I change clothes, grab my fuel belt and something to eat. I head out for a 10 mile loop to complete the 23 miles. Oh Oh! My knee does not feel right and is starting to hurt more. I continue on the road trying to walk, run my way through. I end up running and walking 7 miles. The first thing I do when I get home is call for a massage and a trip to the chiropractor. I know this is a temporary issue that I need to address immediately. The good news is I still complete 20 miles on the day. The not so good news is my knee hurts and I've never had to deal with this before. Between the massage and the chiropractor I feel much better. I hadn't been to the chiropractor in awhile and that was a mistake. I now have appointments on a weekly basis up to the race. I'm still a little sore in the knee but not near as bad as during the run.
Day 70 - Sunday - I take the day off from running. I go instead to the pool for a workout. I go about three quarters of a mile. The swim feels good but the best part of the day was sleeping in. Sleeping in means 6am. This doesn't sound like much but compare 6am to 4am. Not only did I sleep in but I got to lay in bed and read the paper. I haven't done this in 10 weeks. A nice treat. My leg feels much better and I can't wait until Tuesday. I'll take it easy this upcoming week. Fortunately the eleventh week is a break week. I'll run as much as I can. It'll be interesting to see if I can manage this knee for the remainder of the training. Still looking forward to next week but with an asterisk.
Week Ten Totals - 43 miles and a sore knee. I only missed my target by 22 miles. But whose counting? Tuesday and Thursday went exactly like I planned. Saturday was a different story. If I had only run 20 miles due to fatigue I would have been happier but I still made it through 20. Not that bad and for Sunday. Well taking the day off was a smart move. Not what I wanted but a smart move none the less. Live to run another day. Week eleven and only six weeks until race day. Oh Oh!
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