Well my 10-12 days without running is almost over. In order to keep with my schedule of trying to give my knee a little bit of time to get better, I haven't gone for a significant run since January 23rd when I ran ~10 miles. In order to keep the cardio up, I went to the Y again and did another workout on the elliptical. In order to prevent myself from dying of boredom I decided to do intervals on the elliptical. I ended up doing 5 minute intervals with increasing resistance to try to mimic running up hills. In total, I did about 35 minutes worth on the machine which came out to be about 6 intervals. I am sure it isn't quite the same as running up a hill, but closest I could get.
In the meantime, I have been continuing to do my leg strengthening exercises. Hopefully they will start to pay dividends in the upcoming weeks. My guess is that this knee this is going to be the thorn in my side during the next ten weeks of training. Ideally I had hoped to run 4 times per week in preparation for the race, but if the knee keeps acting up I am guessing that I will only be able to run 2-3 times per week. Just something I will have to adapt to so that I can get to Boylston on April 18th.
In other news, Renee and I just signed up for our volunteer activity for the B.A.A. We signed up for packet stuffing, which is where we stuff all the gift bags that race participants get on race day. Its normally full of some advertisements, running products, T shirt, etc. Its nice because it gets us involved with some people as the race draws close, its run by our friends Tom and Lyn so we can see them and its cool because we get a volunteer jacket. I am going to try to attach a picture from last year, not sure if it will work.
Anyway, long run this Sunday is planned for 17. Not sure if I will be able to do the whole 17, but I will go as far as I can. I am figuring for minimum of 14 but would love to do the complete run. Guess we will see!
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