Ok here it is another 3 miles down. You may ask, Nate how was your knee on this run?? I will respond. Excellent! How can that be? Well I biked down to my local Wal-Mart and picked up a knee brace. And Vuala!, no more knee pain. I don't know why this option didn't appear in my head a month ago. All that missed training. It worked for 3 miles, tomorrow I will see if it works for 5 miles. If so I think I found the my ticket to completing the marathon with a decent pace.
My body felt a little off balance because one knee was stiff and the other loose. I will pick up another brace for my other knee and run like a robot. Run is the key word. When I go out there my mind is determined to run and I am strength capable to do it but the ligament or joints are my weakness. That may be a thing of the past. I am excited again I have new hope. I just hope my cross training was enough to maintain what I had build up over a month ago. |