I'm walking on sunshine...

Great news. I'm feeling healthy enough to actually go out and exercise. Tomorrow morning I will go out for a walk. I know it's not running but hey, at least it's something. My parents are down for a visit so I'll get to walk with my dad. That's a cool thing. I'll probably walk for about 3 miles to make up for the lack of intensity. I'll will have to ease myself back into running for fear of reinjuring my knee. Baby steps people, baby steps.

Wow a Functional Knee!

So I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to get back onto the track tomorrow. My spirits have been lifted! But just to be sure, I've been staying off my feet again today and keeping the doses of Advil coming in constant intervals.

On a completely non-running related issue, I took my daughter to the doctor office today for her 9 month check up. I am happy to say that she is happy and healthy! And the best part of the visit, she didn't need to get shots during this visit. She'll be a happy baby during the weekend when my parents come and visit.

Can't wait until tomorrow when I get out on that track again!

Light at the end of the tunnel...

So there's some good news. My knee is feeling a bit better. But I'm not sure what is causing it to feel better. Here are the variables in question.

1. I was off from work today and was able to just rest the knee.
2. I started taking glucosamine a couple of days ago.
3. It has been 7 days since I hurt my knee.
4. Been on a constant regime of Advil.

So what is helping my knee? Rest, Glucosamine, Advil, or time. Or is it a combination of all four? Whatever it is, I'm just glad than I'm not walking like Eye-Gore from Young Frankenstien.

So my current rehab plan is to start walking a mile or so on Saturday. I'll probably do that for a week. No running at all for at least 7 days. Afterwards I'll probably alternate walking and running a lap for a total of 1 1/2 miles. Hopefully I can get back to training mode soon. That first 5K is coming soon!

Runner's Blues

Yet another day of friggin' rest. I am still unable to run. This is getting ridiculous. I'm finally motivated to shed excess pounds and get into shape and my knee doesn't feel like cooperating. I really want to just get out there and push it, but the fear of permanently damaging my knee is constantly in the back of my mind. I've now gone to desperate measures. Every night I'm icing my knee down and I've started taking glucosamine. I seemed to have some recovery yesterday as my knee at times felt fine, but at others it felt fairly painful and stiff. The only solace that I have is that my running partners haven't ran in a week either. I just hope that I can overcome this injury and obtain my goal of the 5K in November.

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Rest day...We don't' need no stinking rest day!

So today is an official rest day. A rest day is kind of redundant when you've taken the past 3 days off because your left knee is on fire. Today I've been contemplating the fate of my knee. Should I go to the Doctor and risk him/her shutting me down for probably 4 weeks or should I just grin it a bare it and continue running? I'm pretty sure I'll go the latter. I'll head out for a 2 mile run tomorrow and if I cannot complete it, I guess that I'll have to see the dreaded doctor. But I can take solace in finding out that none of my 4 running partners have taken a jog since our last group outing (last Thursday). At least I'm not losing ground. With that said, I am still the most out of shape of all us and have to train the hardest. I am also perplexed as to whether or not to take supplements to help prevent further and future injury. I'll probably take a new supplement called Hoodia. It's supposed to help curb your hunger. We shall see. Another supplement I'm considering is call Glucosamine. This is supposed to help repair and alleviate joint pain. The reports are conflicting but at this moment, I'm willing to give it a try. I end this entry with the anticipation of seeing how my knee will hold up tomorrow. Hopefully 4 days rest is more than enough to recuperate my knee.

Depression...

For the past 3 days I've been fighting this knee injury. It doesn't seem to affect my daily activities, but when I run it makes me limp considerably. So needless to say I haven't ran in 3 days. That has left me completely desperately depressed. Everytime I think about the fact that I didn't run today and it was a scheduled run day it just kills me. But today wasn't a total loss. My wife's cousin from England came for a visit and we had sometime to chit-chat and have some dinner. I can't wait until Tuesday gets here, that's my next schedule run day. As of Tuesday it will be 4 days off, more than enough time for my gimpy knee to fix itself.