Frustration

Ok, so its been a little over a week since the 1/2 marathon. I took the next week off from the gym because at the end of the race my left knee had gotten pretty sore, so I thought I would take a rest. Wednesday morning I decided it was time to get back into the routine. My knee was feeling pretty good and I needed a run. After just 1/2 mile on the treadmill my knee started aching again. I stopped after only one mile, did another ten minutes on the elliptical, lifted and called it a day.

At that point I decided maybe I should get it looked at to make sure nothing serious was wrong. I headed to the doctor and was told that I have bursitis in the tendons on the outside of my knee. Apparently this is much better than something being wrong in the joint, but it doesn't really feel better at this point. I am on limited activity (ie no gym) for one week with instructions to ice it and take ibuprofen every four hours. If it is not better after a week then I have to go to physical therapy to see if they can determine what is going on.

This whole thing has been super frustrating.. I mean, I thought I did everything right to prepare for this race... I trained, I bought good shoes.. all the things that you are supposed to do and this still happens. I really hope the week off takes care of it. Noel wants to run another 1/2 marathon in Dallas and I would like to be able to join him. Think happy thoughts for me over the next week.