Run Forest Run!

Have had sore knees over the past couple of days. Felt a dull ache today after a very light 5mile jog, and decied to cut off at that point ( I usually do 10 mile on Sunday). Will give my legs a couple of days off and see how they feel on Wed.

Rest Day...had a test too so wasn't so restful.

Wasn't much of a workout today. Took it really easy as my knee was still sore. Went on a rowing machine for 15minutes and on a stationary bike for 15 minutes. I don't think my heartrate made it above 110 BPM. Did weights for 45 minutes and called it a day. Hopefully by taking it easy now I will be back into the swing of things later this week.

Took it easy again today because of the kne. I went on a treadmill and did  a brisk walk for 10 minutes, slow jog for 10 minutes and then walker briskly for 7-8 minutes. Went to the elyptical trainer for 15 minutes and cut it off there. Felt tight on the IT band, particularily on the right side of my right knee. Back of the knee felt slightly swollen. I'll take it easy for the rest of the week, ice the knee at night and continue to do lots of stretching.

After the light cardio, I did 45 minutes of weights- upper body only. Lots of sit ups!

Sigh....more cross training today. 34 minutes on an elyptical trainer and 20 minutes on a stationary bike. My heart rate was at 65-70%, so it wasn't an altogether bad workout- started to break a bit of a sweat. The only soreness I had was tightness of the IT bad around the knee.

Decided to try a 3 mile run on the treadmill. Started out easy- brisk walking pace and eventually had it at 8:30 mile. Everything felt good, except for a little IT band tightness. Went on the stationary bike and rode it for 20 minutes to get a little more cardio in. No real time off this week except for reduced long run mileage. I'll likely take it easy tomorrow- some biking and weights. Sunday look at doing a split long run- 45 minutes on the treadmill and 45 minutes on an elyptical trainer. See how my legs feel at teh end of the weekend.

I wrote in my blog yesterday I thought I would "take it easy" for my Saturday workout. It didn't quite work out that way. I hopped on the bike and did 20 minutes hard, and then the elyptical for 3.5 miles at a decent rate as well. I had my heart rate up to 80%-85% of max, so an overall ok workout considering the knee issues through the week. Only thing I felt was some tightnness to the top of the IT band in my hip.

Really wish I didn't have to do cross training today- it was the beast weather we've had here in a while- 9 degree celcius and sunny. Would have been great to do a nice 8-10 km jog outside on the Ganachio Trail. Oh well, if I feel no soreness tonight, I might try my long run outside. I could always cut it short and continue it at the gym it all does not go well.