No better way to kick off the new year than with a nice long run. Driving home Friday night, the outdoor temperature reading on the dashboard read 1 degree. It did warm up to 3 degrees by the time we got to Murray, but suffice it to say that it was very cold. The good news is the sun came out and it was a gorgeous day at 11:00 on Saturday morning when I started my run. My new CW-X tights had a small tear in them, so I need to take them back, which means I was back to wearing my old tights. By the time I left for my run it was all the way up to 16 degrees. My lungs hurt so bad the first mile or so, but they didn't bother me after that. I ran the first 4 miles in just over 40 minutes, but I think I rested too long while refueling. Starting mile 5, my left knee was pretty much done. It hurt a little throughout the week, but this was pretty bad. I walked for a little bit, then gutted out another 8 miles, but I couldn't finish the 18 I had scheduled. It feels a little better today, I stayed about 20 minutes in the ice bath last night, which helped a ton. I will probably only run twice this week and give my knee a few extra days to recover.
I just started listening to Born To Run and the first part of the book talks about all the reasons running is bad for your body. I was listening to this guy go on about how every step jars your knees and ankles with 4 times your body weight. I was feeling every ounce of the 800 pounds on my left knee. I've got to get further into the book though so I can hear why it is still ok to run. Right now everything he said makes me never want to run again.
The sun being out yesterday was really nice. Salt Lake is really a beautiful place to run. The mountains look so cool during the winter time. If only I could get the temperature to warm up to about 40 degrees with the sun shining, I'd be fine.
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