I woke up today and the knee was feeling okay. No pain at all getting ready for work. It is a little tender to the touch on the spot I marked in my previous post. No real pain walking. Going down the stairs at work I can feel it a little. I really wish I had one more day to recoup. I think I could make the run. But I don’t have any extra days. So I see a couple of scenarios taking place… A. I run the race and it hurts too...

Yesterday I had a pretty good run for 7.3k but at the end my knee was hurting. After I showered and relaxed it started hurting a little more. By the morning it was really hurting when I moved my leg at all. Unless I kept my leg straight the pain was pretty bad. I went home and got a knee brace at lunch but that did not help much. So tonight I am sitting in bed and it feels good. But if I climb the stairs it is painful. I am thinking...

I ran my sprints last night. 2×800, 2×400 and 2×200. I walked half the distance between each sprint. So when doing my 800m I walk a 400m then start the next 800m. It is about perfect to catch my breath and be ready for the next sprint. Last night I ran the following times. 800: 3’05 800: 3’07 400: 1’22 400: 1’27 200: 0’35 200: 0’37 According to the workout I am loosely following for a...

Here is this weeks training. The sprints get longer with 800m being added to the workout along with some shorter 200m. Since I am going for 7 minute miles here are the times I am going for on each sprint. For 7:00 goal pace (21:44), it’s 0:53 (200m), 1:45 (400m), 3:30 (800m). I converted the distance to kilometers instead of miles. I am going for the longer distances this week and I have a race on Saturday. Monday: 2x800m PI,...

Well, week one is history and I thought I would give an update on my formal 5k race training. At least 3 times a week I ask myself why I am doing this. I don’t like to run and it on top of that it hurts. Yes, running is pain. But none the less here is my update. Monday was my sprint day with 6x400m. Here are the rest of the runs from last week. Total distance was 27.35k or about 17 miles. My Monday sprint day was hard with...