I ran the Post Christmas Blues 5K.  Local race supporting the high school track and cross country teams!  Ran some with Dudley and Y, they did well!!!

Leg felt good for the most part.  It was a bit tight, but no pain.  I will ice it and stretch it some, but I think I am on the mend!  The plan was to start easy and pick it up if the leg felt good. 

Merry Christmas everybody!!!

Easy trainer and some ab work.  Leg feeling real good today, but there is always the reminder just twist funny and I am reminded it is still there.  Feeling a bit better about things.  I was reminded yesterday that I did the same thing back in 2007.  I wound up walking in from a run with my brother in law.  Did it on Sunday July 1st and tried a walk the next day, couldn't do it at anything above a slow pace.  Swam in the lake a couple times and some easy bike rides later in the week and I was still able to do the Boilermaker in Utica the following weekend.   So there is still hope!!!

Merry Christmas Eve!!!

Kind of quiet here at work so took advantage of the time and registered for a couple more races for next year.  Registered for the Keuka Oly (I am cold thinking of that swim!) and I registered for Musselman again, where I hope to get revenge on the bike course!!!  I may add a couple of duathlons and a half marathon or 2, plus the assorted 5 and 10K races and 2010 should be great!!!

I guess the good news is that the down time from running and biking is that I am catching up on some upper body strength training!  I did get some professional help with the leg from Dudley last night (thanks again!) and it is feeling better!  Regular routine of ice, message and rest and hopefully by the weekend.  Tough part is I can't afford to push this too fast and risk re-injuring it but in my mind I can't afford the down time either!  Fortunately the holidays and the work and family activities are giving me some distraction. 

I better get better quick or lock myself in my office!  This place is loaded with good food that isn't so good for me!  I did make the 2 alarm chile, didn't dare make it any hotter serving the whole group. 

Feeling pretty good this morning, going to give it a try.  Fingers crossed!!!  Nope, not yet! This may become the grumpy challenge! 

First mile feeling pretty good, 2nd mile still feeling good, resist the temptation to push the speed up, if anything, calf is a bit tight.  It went down hill from there until I was uncomfortable enough to pull the plug.

19 degrees and I drive to work sitting on a bag of ice!  Grrrrr!

Nothing this morning.  Hopefully another day and I can return to running.  The tenderness is actually more noticeable today than it has been.  That is when I am not doing anything I can tell its there.  Between this and usual stressful issues of the holidays and wrapping up year end things I am not a pleasant person to be around! :( 

I had hopes of getting my last 20 miler in today.  It would have been even better as I could have ran part of it with Mike and Dudley which always makes a long run better.  So I walked a bit to warm up the leg and stretched for another 15 minutes or so and then I hopped on the treadmill to give the leg a test and it came on pretty quick, although not as painful as Friday.  Maybe it is the treadmill that aggravates it so I went up the road some with the same results.  So I sit here, with an ice pack on it hoping that by Tuesday I can return to running.  Still in good shape for the race, I have only missed a couple of runs and a nice long weekend coming up.

BTW, does anyone know what the tendon that runs behind the knee, on the outside is called?