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February 10, 2009 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
I didn't have the best feeling about this run: my knee "sort of hurt" on the ride home from work (got done at NOON TODAY!), and even a bit when I did drills before running.

Didn't feel great early, either...UNTIL I focused on plantarflexion on the L.

Before my calves "blew up" (and the "achilles/back fiasco"), I was running on my mid-foot and my knee was feeling the best it had. Then that happened, and I stopped. I realized today that I'm STILL not pushing off on the L enough...and because of that, my L tibia is excessively externally rotating -- thus the medial knee pain!

I worked really hard to push off on that side, and once I got to Autzen I decided to do a 30/30 "workout", of going up-tempo in order to facilitate push-off (which, not-so-coincidentally, was what made it feel good on Saturday's run).

The 30/30s -- and this whole run, in general -- were TOUGH. I wound up doing it all the way home, so about 3.5 miles. Maybe 20+ reps, in all. Overall my knee felt MUCH BETTER. Still felt it a bit...but I ALSO had to pretty much LEAN to the L, and to not fall over, I had to push off L! Interesting. GOD did I feel clunky.

Good news was, after I got home, did circuits and iced, I had some CENTRAL knee soreness, but nothing medial or patellar! Nice.

Went to CG vs Elmira last night in Elmira. CG sucked. Oh well.