Moving forward, 800 milligrams at a time

My doctor gave me a bottle of gigantic 800 mg Motrin tablets. (By comparison, Advil tablets are 200 mg.) He didn't discover any major problems with the knee itself. He of course recommended scaling back my training schedule, but didn't say the marathon was out of reach. He ordered knee X-rays just to be sure, plus some athlete-specific lab tests (sodium, potassium and creatinine).

Deanna says it's still possible I can run the Silicon Valley. Tomorrow I'm going to the chiropractor to see if he can alleviate my ITBS. A lot of my running buddies swear by him, so we'll see what miracles he can do. In addition, I opted to try sports therapy at Kaiser – we'll see how that goes. An IT-band support is also on my shopping list.

In other news, I hit 169 pounds this morning. After two weeks at a frustrating plateau, I'm shedding weight again. Just four more pounds to go, and I'm loving my size 34 pants!