I’m back to running after dealing with that knee problem. The knee is still bothering me, but after all this time off I’m not skipping any more runs. I’ll take it easy and run less, and continue to ice. I have an appointment with a physical therapist in July. But since I took 10 days completely off without the knee getting better, I figured it wasn’t going to get better on its own, and I certainly wasn’t going to take a month and a half off until my PT appointment.
I did a short run with Arvin and Catherine on Sunday, splitting off from them and finishing up around 25 minutes. Tuesday I ran with my grad school friends, about 30 minutes. Then yesterday Cath and I did a 30-minute trail run in the Fells. My knee feels pretty good. During the run on Tuesday it was bothering me a bit, but yesterday it felt fine. Afterwards there has been no soreness. Today the knee feels as good as it has in the past month. So maybe it’s OK to run through this.
Since I’ve started back, my appetite has gone way up. And I just feel much better. It feels great to get back out there and run, even if I’m not running far at the moment. So I’m happy with where things are right now.
