The bigger picture
There were over 700 runners at the Home Run 10K yesterday, including me, Deanna, Nathan and Tom. I finished in 1:07:28 Garmin time. I didn't have an official time as I left the tag from my race bib in the car and didn't realize I needed it.
Unfortunately a lot of the run was painful. It didn't seem like muscle pain because I was able to walk without a limp for most of the day; rather, it felt like my lateral upper tibia and lower femur were striking against each other with each step. I was wearing the brace today and I started feeling pain much sooner than last week. It seems like the brace was making the problem even worse by throwing my right knee into radical misalignment. I'm wondering if I need to get my right insole recustomized or if I should try Powerstep again. In any case, I'm going to see Gina tomorrow and hopefully Dr. Mike as well.
In light of these problems, I've decided not to run the Silicon Valley Half Marathon on Sunday. (I may run the 5K if I can transfer my registration fee to the shorter race.) I can't even run 10K reliably right now so there's no point in jeopardizing my ultimate goal just for the sake of nabbing one more finisher's medal. My focus is to heal quickly for the next few weeks so I'll be doing very light (20-minute) runs or even walks if necessary. If all goes well I'll try 10K again the weekend of November 4th or the following week. I'll need one more long training run (15+ miles) to get ready for the Cal International. I'd prefer to run it the weekend of the 18th; unfortunately this coincides with the San Francisco Salsa Congress so I'll have to either shoot for the 11th or do some creative scheduling.
Unfortunately a lot of the run was painful. It didn't seem like muscle pain because I was able to walk without a limp for most of the day; rather, it felt like my lateral upper tibia and lower femur were striking against each other with each step. I was wearing the brace today and I started feeling pain much sooner than last week. It seems like the brace was making the problem even worse by throwing my right knee into radical misalignment. I'm wondering if I need to get my right insole recustomized or if I should try Powerstep again. In any case, I'm going to see Gina tomorrow and hopefully Dr. Mike as well.
In light of these problems, I've decided not to run the Silicon Valley Half Marathon on Sunday. (I may run the 5K if I can transfer my registration fee to the shorter race.) I can't even run 10K reliably right now so there's no point in jeopardizing my ultimate goal just for the sake of nabbing one more finisher's medal. My focus is to heal quickly for the next few weeks so I'll be doing very light (20-minute) runs or even walks if necessary. If all goes well I'll try 10K again the weekend of November 4th or the following week. I'll need one more long training run (15+ miles) to get ready for the Cal International. I'd prefer to run it the weekend of the 18th; unfortunately this coincides with the San Francisco Salsa Congress so I'll have to either shoot for the 11th or do some creative scheduling.
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