Knee issue...

On Tuesday I ran 9 but later that day I could tell that I 'tweaked' my left knee. On Wednesday it was painful during some of the forward kicks during Kickboxing class. It took me awhile to figure it out..... There were several different workout 'factors' in the past few days. 1) ran with new and different shoes on Saturday. 2) ran with new shoes that I love on Sunday - these are the same model as my current shoes. 3) In hydro training class on Monday I wore old running shoes in the pool because I wore out cheap water shoes in just three classes. 4) ran outside for the first time in 3 weeks in partial snow/ice conditions.

I decided that what hurt my knee was wearing running shoes in the hydro training class. There was significantly more stresses put on my legs wearing running shoes vs water shoes do to the much larger surface area of the running shoes. The resistance was much greater than before and I could feel the added stress on my knees during class during some of the exercises.

Well.... I ran outside again yesterday and didn't notice my knee very much while running and it is feeling better every day. Today it was just fine for a 4 mile run. I'm recovering very quickly from this minor knee injury. Thank goodness!

--Mark

Recovering after racing

I've read that recovery takes a day per mile. I was searching on the internet for info about recovering and found an article that states recovery takes 4 to 6 days per hour. Using 5 days per hour for me seems about right after reading the article.

My example is my Afton 25K race on July 7th. On the 19th I posted that I was recovered from the race. That is 12 days later. Taking my race time of 2.33 hours multiplied by 5 rounds up to 12 days. It's right on.

Here is a like to the article: Recovery after Racing by Gale Bernhardt
--Mark