Alright so Senior Project. Wow what to say. I haven't changed my project whatsoever so I'm still planning on running a half-marathon in late spring. I haven't done anything for my project except run on a daily basis. Problem, I screwed up my knee. Here's the story; I was running about 2 weeks ago and my knee began to hurt on my way home. I thought to myself well you probably overdid it so I went on with my day. A few days later as I was going up the stairs I felt my knee popping. I stretched it out before and after my workout but it still felt the same. Oh and at the time I still didn't have a mentor. Fast forward to a week later, I made an appointment to get my knee checked out and found a mentor. I went to my appointment and found out I had fluid in my kneecap but I was alright to run. I am currently wearing a knee brace and should wear it until it heals hopefully soon. Just yesterday I tried to go for a run with it on but my knee decided to not cooperate with me so I ended up walking/limping home. I am going to take it easy and run about a half mile everyday as soon as my mentor has a training plan for me.
My mentor is Greg Stueland. Greg is one of the founders of Vine Runners, a local running group that runs Thursday evenings as well as Saturday mornings. I met with Greg last week and told him about my knee situation. Having participated in over 40 marathons, he suggested I take it easy seeing as how I will not be competing until mid spring. Hearing this and my doctor tell me I have fluid in my kneecap really upset me because I feel like I'm lagging on my project but I know it's for the best in order to prevent a more serious injury keeping me from running in the future. Hopefully I will be back up and running by the end of this week in order to train for the half-marathon.
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