switching to fast running blog

i'm just logging my runs on fastrunningblog. see: http://cmckellar.fastrunningblog.com/

25 min week

This week when I run I am running for 25 min straight. Next week is 30. The week after that is training. I just need to know that I can consistently run for 30 minutes straight again before I start training. Today I ran 25. It felt pretty good. I felt like I could just keep going. I didn't because I don't want to push anything. I ran 2 miles in 19 min 21 seconds. Then I just ran until it was 25 min. My watch didn't have anymore memory to store any laps after 2 miles. My knee is not having any troubles, probably because I have been doing good with the stretching after I run!

Up and Running Again!

I finally started running again...after almost two years! It is a lot harder starting up after taking so much time off and after having a baby. My body is different and it works and responds differently. I also have some interesting issues (almost a year later!) from the difficult delivery that make running somewhat uncomfortable and frustrating but it's not disabling so I deal with it. My knee has not experienced a lot of discomfort. I am making sure to take things nice and slow and to stretch well after running. I signed up for a half marathon with my mom that is in August in farmington. So I have a while to train.
It's been nice to live so close to the byu idaho gym. I got a free spouse card so that I can go run on the track and use the gym any time. I really like the facilities but I can't wait till it is warm again so that I can run outside. I have worked up so that I can run for 20 minutes straight easily. Next week I will be running 30 minutes straight and then begin a training program.
Today I was able to run two miles easily. First mile 9:38, second mile 9:34. It was work, but it felt good and I could have kept running. I really am so happy to be running again!

3 Hurtful Miles

I ran three miles last night. It hurt. A lot. I walked. A lot. My time was shameful. Just under 30 minutes. Not really sure where to go from here. My right knee is giving up on me.
I thought it was just something I could run through. Then, I thought it was just something that would take a week or two to rest and then be fine....Trav still thinks that....unfortunately he can't feel the pain so I don't think that he understands quite how much it hurts. I can usually tolerate pain fairly well....not like Travis can, but golly, this hurts.
I really would like to run the half. I felt that I was progressing and that I could have done well...but it's been a month since ANY progression. Maybe next year...or after I can get surgery one day.

two

I was going to run three today. By 1.5 I knew I would only run 2 today. I had such a hard time breathing today. I ran two miles in 18:54, which is a 9:27 mile pace. I wore a brace on my right knee and a band on my left knee. They was starting to feel a little sore. I walked a mile home. I tried to run for a few minutes...hoping for a second wind or something...nope. My knees started hurting so I stopped. My knees felt fine after the run. After I stretched, I took a shower and then the pain started coming in my right knee. Walking/Standing=Pain. I'm going to keep trying and see how it goes this week. If things aren't working out, I may have to try and sell my spot in the half marathon and take a break from running until it heals or until I can get insurance and get surgery. My dad thinks I probably have what my sister has, which is also probably what he has going on with his knee. It will really be a bummer if I can't do the race, but I trust that my life will keep going on and I can still be happy without running :)

I'm back

Today I ran for the first time in 11 days. I planned on running one mile. I ran on the treadmill and I haven't quite learned to run on it right so that it would be equivalent to running outside yet (time-wise). I did the treadmill because I figured it would be easier on my knees. While I was running, my knee wasn't hurting so I decided to still take it easy but to do more than planned so I only did 1.5 miles. I averaged 10 minute miles so it took me 15 minutes, but my knee didn't hurt. Hopefully it stays that way.

Hanging up the running shoes...

...at least for a little while.
Last night, after I got home from my tearful run, I talked with Trav about it, and I talked with my mom this morning and we think it is probably best if I just take a little break. My sister just recently had surgery on her knee, my dad needs surgery, and so does my brother. So...for all I know, this could be genetic and I could have it too. What my sister has (knee plica syndrome?), you are born with and it gets inflamed from running. After she got it removed it was fine. So, I am hoping it is not that I need surgery and that it is something that some rest can fix. I really want to be able to at least run this one half marathon so I am going to pray for an easy fix. I will keep riding my bike and trying to do cross training though so I don't get too out of shape. We will see how long I can last.