MDay -14 -- Sun. Sept. 6

Figured my knee would be good for 6, given that it didn't hurt on the 6 miler on Wed., so I biked off to SRRC on another *perfect* morning aiming to do 6-8 miles easy. Good crowd, oddly only blokes today: Bill, Andy, Jay, Ken, Steve L., Jim, and me (and a dog or two). Headed out on rail trail at an easy pace, though it felt a bit tough for me, somehow. By the turn around point, at four miles, my left knee was getting too sore to ignore...Jay had turned back, Ken, Jim and Andy did the 181 route, and I tried to keep up with Bill and Steve on the rail trail, but eventually had to drop to a walk. Arrgh!! It was getting breathtakingly sore, and I was afraid of doing something to the other leg in compensating for it. Here's what I got before I dropped out:

Time: 42:35
Distance: 5.69 miles
Pace: 7:29s

Comment: given the pace (and I know the first mile was very slow, 9 min pace) it's no wonder I felt it in my knee. The whole crew came out and commiserated with me, very good of them; we also talked a lot about upcoming races and events. Jay said ice and ibuprofen, with specific instructions, which I followed. Fingers crossed it gets better in 2-3 days.