A Good Run and a Tweaked Knee
This past weekend I was scheduled to get in 18 miles of easy long runs with eight miles on Saturday and ten on Sunday. The Saturday morning run was quite good. I got out early enough before it was too hot and held a steady pace toward the high end of the range of "easy" pace I was aiming for. I had planned to stop at the four mile mark to replenish water, but I was enjoying the run so much, I just kept going when I got the turnoff for my house at 4 miles. I finished the run and felt great. As I changed and recovered, I noticed the interior side of my left knee was sore, but I didn't think much of it, because that was not unusual. I sat down and iced the knee and then went about the remainder of my day excited about the 10 miler the next day. This was the week that the training schedule moved to the next level, and I would start logging some real miles. In the early evening I went for a walk with my wife, and noticed pretty quickly that I had fairly si...