We were doing fine. I wasn't enjoying the run like I was hoping I would but we were out there. Then as we were headed across the bridge towards the mall, my knee started to hurt. Around mile 7 I was hoping I could finish the run. We started the run walk system near the WWII memorial. At mile 8 I was thinking of jumping on the metro at Arlington cemetery, I figured I should be able to finish so we kept going. The downhill was the worst. I was hating life. I was regretting my decision to keep running. Instead of heading back to Jen's we took a detour to crystal city to get a donut and hot chocolate. The walking was making me cold. A hot chocolate sounded yummy!
I'll take one of each!
I ended up with a chocolate cream filled and a hot chocolate. We then hopped on the metro back to Jen's place. We got in 12 miles. Not the 16 that I was hoping for. Of course the first thing I did when I got home was look up itbs. I was thinking my itband was tight. After consulting the Internet doctor I self diagnosed itbs. Ugh.
I took a week off of running to see if that is going to help my itband.
3 comments:
Hey, any run that gets you hot cocoa and a doughnut sounds great to me! 12 miles is still a great distance too. Good prep the next attempt :)
12 is still great, but I know it's not what you were wanting. I've been having knee trouble too. I can't figure out if it's itbs or runners knee. The donuts and hot chocolate look yummy!
Ugh - sorry you had to cut your run short but probably for the best. Hope a week off has helped and that you are able to run again without pain!!!
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