Day 34

I haven't been getting more than 4-5 hours of sleep every night this week, so it was great being able to sleep in today. I finally got up around 9, and Lindsey, Ella and I ran to Costco to grab a few things. When we got home, I hurried and got the lawn mowed just in time, because it started raining right as I finished and it poured for a long time. Sarah put me to work today though since I couldn't be outside doing yard work. We swapped the boys and girls rooms since the girls need more space since there are 3 of them. I think it would have been easier work digging up trees and pulling weeds like I had planned. :)

My knee is probably about 95%, I only felt a hint of soreness, not really pain today. I may go out for a short run tomorrow morning to test it out (and try my new shoes :) ).

Day 33

My knee is nearly healed, just a little bit of pain off and on today. My new shoes got here today, I can't wait to go out in them.

Day 32

I woke up today without any pain in my knee at all, which was the first time since this happened. It usually hurts the most when I first get out of bed, then lessens as it warms up during the day. There is still a little pain there if I have been walking for a while, but not bad at all.

Day 31

Well, my knee was feeling great today with only a small amount of pain. But then, my cousin Sidney gave Robbie his old skateboard while we were at their house for a birthday party. When we got home, I let Robbie try it out in the alley next to our house, but then when we were about to go in, I decided to show off and took a turn on the board. It started off well, but it was dark and I didn't see a rock which brought the board to a halt and sent me sprawling. I put out my foot to catch my balance and not fall and it just happened to be my left foot and my knee is hurting again. I am an idiot.

Day 30

My knee is feeling much better today, other than a couple of times, I didn't feel any pain at all. I think I should be ready to ease back into my training next week if everything continues.

Day 29

After discussing my symptoms with some friends online, I am 99% sure that I have pes anserine bursitis. My symptoms match up perfectly with it, plus it is said that having tight hamstrings is a big cause of this, which anyone who has seen me try to stretch can attest to me having some of the tightest hamstrings possible. I have no flexibility whatsoever, it's pretty sad. The good news is that it's nothing big and it should go away after a week or 2. Also, it helps knowing what it is so that I can work on stretching exercises for my hamstrings as well as strengthening my quads.

http://www.sports-injury-info.com/pes-anserine-bursitis.html

Day 28

It's painfully slow, but there is some progress in the my recovery. The pain in my knee is slightly less painful. I'm hoping that it doesn't take too much longer.

Day 27

My knee feels slightly better, but still pretty painful, especially to the touch. I am going to rest it another week, then if it still is hurting I will go in and have it checked to see if is more than just tendonitis or bursitis. This sucks.

Day 26

Not being able to run is killing me. I am going stir crazy. It is feeling better though, so hopefully it won't be too much longer. I am going to wait until there is no pain and I have my new shoes.

Day 25

Well, I think I am going to have to take a week or so off (hopefully) because my knee is still hurting. Based on where it is, I think it is just bursitis or tendonitis, but I am going to rest it. I have also decided to start running the Jordan River Parkway instead of on uneven roads, plus I am going to go with a Motion Control shoe rather than the Structured Nike Triax 11's that I have been using because based on the wear patterns on my shoes, I am still overpronating in the Triax's. I just bought some ASICS GEL-FOUNDATION 8's for 25% off at footlocker.com.

Day 24

Today was not a good day. I woke up and got out of bed and as soon as I stepped, I felt a pain in my left knee. I am not sure if I laid on it weird, or if it is something that has just been gradual and it is finally presenting itself, but it's a small but sharp pain on the inside lower part of my left knee. I decided to still go on the run, hoping that it would go away after I warm it up. After about a half mile at a 9:20 pace, the pain was still there and I felt like I was hobbling, so I cit the run short. I've iced it down and also had an ace bandage on it at various times during the day and it is still a little sore, but not much. I think I may need to look into getting some new shoes based on this though. I am an over-pronator and currently run in Nike Air Triax 11s which are stability shoes, but my wear patterns on the shoes still show some very uneven wear, so I will probably buy some motion control shoes to see if they will help. I think that these shoes also are a little narrow which has something to do with the foot pain that I seem to continually get.

My stats today were 0.54 miles in 5:02 for an average pace of 9:20/mile. My average heart rate was 149 bpm.