This week I was determined to do ALL of my workouts – cross training and runs. 

Sunday, my husband and I went out and did the drills and pace run. 

Monday, I dragged myself out to the garage, got on my bike and rode. 

Tuesday, I drove to the gym, ran 5 miles on the treadmill.  Ugh, but

Wednesday, Jeffrey (husband) and I drove to the track.  Ran .75 miles to warm up. 

My knee started hurting at around .25 miles.  By .75, it was hurting with every step.  I started the drills (high knees, toe walking, heel walking, butt kicks, etc) to see if I could do them without pain.  Nope.  Toe/heel walking didn’t hurt but everything else did. I ran the 3x 100m strides and felt okay until the third one. 

My pace run today was 12 sets of hard running for a minute and jogging/walking for a minute.

I did one. 

Started the second set.  Ran about 20 steps and had to stop.  At first it felt like my knee was hurting behind my knee, but I decided later that it really hurt around where my femur and tibia connect. 

Yay me…

In full disclosure, I was hurting for the last mile(ish) on the treadmill yesterday.  It didn’t hurt as much as it hurts today, but it was a nagging pain.  It also did not hurt again for the rest of the day.  (Yeah, I know.  I didn’t run for the rest of the day, either.)

So now as I sit here, I am wondering if maybe the pain today was minor enough to just run on it anyway.  How much is too much pain?  Should I stop when it changes my gait?  Should I stop when it makes me wince?  Should I just keep going until I physically can’t go anymore?  (Okay.  I know the answer to that one is no.)

But seriously.  How do you know when the pain you feel when running is too much to run through?  Did I do this to myself by continuing to run yesterday?

Ugh.

Tomorrow is a cross training day.  Friday is my long run day.

I’ll ice today and tomorrow and see how it goes.