{"id":1960,"date":"2010-04-26T10:41:51","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T15:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2010-04-25T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-25T16:06:00","slug":"testing-the-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/testing-the-knee\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing the Knee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I finally took the knee out for a test run. \u00a0I’ll rate it a B-. \u00a0It didn’t really hurt on a 3.4 mile run at the flat part of Lebanon Hills. \u00a0I figured an easy run on trails would be a good test back for it. \u00a0A friend, who happens to be the Twin Cities Team World Vision<\/a> rep is hosting training runs for TWV teams throughout the metro and was going to the Lebanon Hills run so I went with him. \u00a0 It was 53 and raining, so a great day for a run! \u00a0We went pretty slow, which was fine for a first run back after 5 weeks off. \u00a0It never really hurt, but I could feel that my knee wasn’t perfect. \u00a0I finished the run and everything was fine, my Plantar Fasciitis<\/a> foot didn’t hurt really at all either. \u00a0I stretched a little bit and jumped in Schulze Lake (up to the knee) to ice. \u00a0Later in the day it hurt a little and appeared to have a little swelling so I iced and took some Advil. \u00a0It was fine on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

My foot has had only a little bit of pain the last few days. \u00a0It seems at the end of the day is really the only time it hurts now, which is progress. \u00a0The pain is really mild too so that is good! \u00a0 I’ll probably wait at least another week or so before running again.<\/p>\n

I biked 4 times over the week and that has continued to feel fine. \u00a0It is a great feeling to bike to and from work. \u00a0Some of the biking also included rain, which wasn’t quite as fun but is par for the course. \u00a0I’m trying to bike commute as much as possible – more for the exercise and saving money than saving the earth! \u00a0Actually though I did bike on Earth Day and I wouldn’t mind keeping the Earth around for awhile longer!<\/p>\n

On Saturday after the training run we went and watched some of the Get in Gear races. \u00a0It was fun to watch the back of the 5k and 10k groups and also to see the half-marathon leaders finish. \u00a0I didn’t get to see any of my friends finish, but via Twitter I was able to encourage some runners to get out despite the rain (and early morning thunder).<\/p>\n

It was a fairly busy week with some long hours for both of us. \u00a0Christy and I checked out a cafe in Nordeast and loved it, Mill City Cafe<\/a>. It is one of many cute little neighborhood places.<\/p>\n

How was your week?<\/p>\n

This week’s One Post<\/strong> has to be my Treatments for Plantar Fasciitis<\/a> even though I have an updated version<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Weekly Mileage –<\/p>\n

Running – 3.4 miles<\/p>\n

Biking – 25.8 miles<\/p>\n

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