Yesterday I got out to run and was having some trouble with my right knee. It was making me run very differently and I was afraid of doing something dumb so I decided not to run on it. I am usually one who will err on the side of caution...especially this close to the marathon, so it wasn't a hard call for me to call it a day. I iced, compressed, rested and Ibuprophined it through the day and evening. I also wore a little band around the area which all seemed to help.
This morning I went out to try again. I wore the band and everything felt alright. While I am sitting here I feel it a bit but not like yesterday.
I decided to go ahead and try my Yassos for the day. I planned to do them at a 7:20 pace just to see if I could. I was able to do that 6 times. All of them were 3:37 except one at 3:36. However, I didn't have anymore in me. Six about did me in. I thought if I were to try 7 I would have had to be scraped off the road and thrown to the side with all the other road kill. I thought of doing four more at a slower speed but knew I still had a few miles to get back home and didn't know if I would make it if I went for more.
So for today I am happy that the knee felt better and that I was able to keep that pace for 6 repeats.
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