Well since the last post not a whole lot has happened. It felt fine that day that I ran but was not so good the next day so I took a couple more off and then destroyed it at a wedding that Saturday. I thought that I was going to be able to start running consistently again but after a freak dance party injury and not being able to walk for about three days it had to be postponed again.
I took the next couple two weeks off and then finally went out for a run with Lee when he was home over break (This was on Friday the 2nd). It felt pretty good and didn't really hurt at all when I got home or at all the next couple of days. The swelling that was still there went away on Sunday and I decided that I was going to try starting again on Monday.
First week back was nothing special but started getting me back in the groove. I ran 5 miles every day except Sunday when I went about 8.5 which may have been a little much a little soon. My knee was fine when we were running but when we would have to stop and then restart it was not liking that to much. I took monday off and just iced and rested but it didn't do much so I decided to give it another go on Tuesday. Went 6 miles last night and the knee felt fine but a lot of other things started bugging me throughout the run. I have been trying to tell if I have been favoring that leg at all when I run but it seems that I am running normal. But my hamstring and calf usually start tightening up towards the later parts of the run. Who knows what is causeing it but my guess is that it is ost likely a muscular weakness problem all over my leg that is just transfering from one area to the next.
I am doing some light weight strength training stuff for the legs and it is going alright but there are not a lot of leg lifts that I can do that don't really aggrivate my knee. I can't do lunges, leg press, or squats. I can do really light weight leg extensions and leg curls but that is about it for lifts that really concentrate on the quad and hamtring. Even the leg extensions are painful most of the time but i figure that they have to be done.
So until I can't run I will be continuing to run and hope that it all just kind of works itself out over the next couple weeks of light running and weight lifting.
Grandma's is going to have to be changed to something in the fall and I have no clue what one it is going to be yet due to t he fact that I have a wedding that I am in the day before Twin Cities so that is out of the question as well.
It might just end up being a small one somewhere in the area just to get the boston qualifier in. Possibly Walker,MN or Bismarck,ND which I believe are both in September if I am thinking right.