- The sharp knee pain from Sunday morphed into dull, but very present knee pain on Monday and Tuesday. So I skipped Tuesday’s 3 miler in favor of a lot of ice and some stretching. Seems to have paid off because today’s intervals felt great – speedy for me at a 9:30 pace and best of all the knee pain was gone!
- There’s a different forecast every time I check weather.com so still have no idea what the conditions will be like on Sunday. Being the type A personality that I am, I’ve made a gear list for every possible scenario so bring it on Mother Nature!
- My TRX class last night and the recent knee pain have proven to me that I need to dedicate more time to strength training. It is one of my goals for 2011, but so far I haven’t been walking the walk with any consistency. But I’m committing to making it a key part of my half marathon training and will probably post my weekly training schedule here to help keep me accountable.
I am so not worried about the weather anymore either I figure we are tough new Englanders we can handle anything!!! 😉
I want to wish you best of luck on your 10K Sunday!
I will be there running the half marathon!
I agree strength training will help you out a lot. I try to do it 3 times a week, it has helped me get faster.
Good luck again! Maybe we will see each other there.
Thanks for the follow and good wishes! It’s great to hear how much strength training has helped you – hopefully I can get there!
Good luck to you too – hope Sunday’s good to us 🙂
For more accurate weather, check out http://www.wunderground.com/ – I find that to be much more accurate. Did you know that TWC doesn’t have humans behind most of its long-range forecasts?
Glad your knee is feeling better. Ice Ice baby.. And strength training will definately help.
Good Idea to take clothes for all weather conditions. You can never tell what the weather will do.
Good Luck You will do great
Rest that knee! 🙂
And I just took TRX for the first time tonight… Phew! That was tough- way tough!
I used to do weights only rarely and grudgingly, but then I learned (the hard way) that they really are essential to previnting running injuries. Now I really enjoy my “weight training” days.
I wrote a post about this progression a little while ago:
http://got2run4me.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/reflections-on-strength
Really, you will see the difference in your running!