dedication, perseverance, self-discipline

I ran about 4.5 miles this morning, running most of it with my running class.

I ran 4.5 miles this morning in 34:47. I saw the soon to be temple matron at the winter quarters temple on her bike, so I sped up and ran 1 mile in 6:33 while chatting with her. The faster speed actually hurt my quad less than the slower speed normally does. I wonder if it has something to do with the mechanical work being done. Mostly I am just glad that my leg is getting better, although I still wonder why things got worse after I took some time off from running to let myself recover from mono.

I only rode 3 miles on the bike today, riding to and from school one time.  In the evening I ran about a half mile with Kimia (I am guessing it was about 12 minute mile pace, so I won't count it toward the mileage).  She hasn't been running this pregnancy because she has been riding the bike instead, but she wanted to run a little to try and stretch herself out a bit since the baby is due in 2.5 weeks.

I ran with my running class this morning, running for 36:53.  I will count it as 4.5 miles.  I also rode to school, so by the time I get home tonight I will be at 3 miles on the bike as well

I ran 5.5 miles with Tyler this morning in about 43 minutes.  My quad hurt a little more today than it has the last couple days, but overall it was not too bad.  I rode the bike to where I met Tyler, and also rode to school for a total of 5.5 miles on the bike.

Lately, my knee has also been acting up a little bit on the same side of my body where I strained my quad.  It started to hurt off and on about a month ago when I was on the bike, but it was so mild that I just passed it off as nothing.  Since then I have experienced no pain while running, and I have been more careful on the bike (as I had mostly been biking very short distances I would almost always ride as fast as I could for those short distances and I think it put a little extra stress on the knee that I was unaccustomed to) only feeling some knee discomfort when I went on a 25 mile bike ride a few weeks ago.  However, in the past week or so the knee has started to feel tight when I am sitting or lying down, and I have felt some mild discomfort while running on two occasions.  This makes me wonder if I am compensating for the hurt quad in some way that is putting undue strain on my knee.  I hope that this does not become a problem.  I just want to be able to run without being run down from mono, without pain in my quad, and without pain in my knee.  Is that really too much to ask?

In the evening I ran a little over 3/4 mile with Kimia.  Running to try and speed up the pregnancy doesn't seem to be working this time because Kimia is in better shape than she was with the past pregnancies.

I ran about 4.5 miles with my running class this morning in about 36 minutes.  I felt more positive about things today as my leg felt the best it has all week.  My knee felt decent despite waking up feeling sore and achy all over this morning (I am at a loss for what caused that as I have been doing the same thing nearly every day and have not felt any muscle soreness for a long time).  Near the end of the run both the quad and knee felt just a little achy, but there was no pain, so I am happy with that. I rode the bike for about 6 miles total today as I rode to and from school 2 times.

4.5 miles this morning in 35:16.  I felt pretty good this morning, which was encouraging.  My knee started to feel just a little tight with about a half mile to go, but it was not bad.  I ended up biking with Kimia to a tail gate party and to the store in the afternoon, totaling approximately 9 miles.