Musings

I'm relieved to say that PT has noticeably helped me!

I'm just rounding out my second week of training and my knee hasn't been bothering me at all.  I've got a much more aggressive cross training schedule this time around which has me pretty excited.  Between hikes, bike rides, and hill repeats hopefully I can avoid pissing of my meniscus again.  I'm also taking some fitness classes at a studio near my apartment which will also help out.

Wednesday night I was supposed to run 4 miles and ended up running 6.  I'm running a little slower than I have in the past, but am trying to run a mile or two extra than the training schedule to help lower the risk of hurting myself on long runs.  It's still really frustrating that the first 3 miles are so crappy.  I guess it's something I'll never really get over.  I just have to keep in mind that in 30 minutes or less, I won't feel as miserable running.

I found out last night that my friend is considering the LA Marathon.  It made me really excited to hear someone else going for a long race!  I've definitely realized that training for a race is something that motivates me more than just "keeping in shape" which is good/bad.  In the long run, I don't think it's wise to keep running marathons for the sake of my joints, but maybe half-marathons await me in the future.