Usually the weekends are good opportunities to get a lot of training volume in. But yesterday (Sunday), I chose to rest instead. Earlier in the prior week I did my 13mi commute/run home and ended up straining my knee (ITBS, more on that later). I hadn't run for nearly a week when I did that run, and so I went too far too soon without ramping back up to that distance; bad idea. Anyway, instead of trying to push through the pain of a run, I opted to take all of Sunday off... Fortunately, I was able to kick back and hang out in the park with a friend for a while. It was so nice laying out in the shady, cool grass. And I think that one extra day of rest did the trick. I was able to put in a nice 4mi run today (Monday) with no pain whatsoever in the knee. Thank goodness.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Shady, Cool Grass
Usually the weekends are good opportunities to get a lot of training volume in. But yesterday (Sunday), I chose to rest instead. Earlier in the prior week I did my 13mi commute/run home and ended up straining my knee (ITBS, more on that later). I hadn't run for nearly a week when I did that run, and so I went too far too soon without ramping back up to that distance; bad idea. Anyway, instead of trying to push through the pain of a run, I opted to take all of Sunday off... Fortunately, I was able to kick back and hang out in the park with a friend for a while. It was so nice laying out in the shady, cool grass. And I think that one extra day of rest did the trick. I was able to put in a nice 4mi run today (Monday) with no pain whatsoever in the knee. Thank goodness.
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