SNOW RUN! PART 2

Ever since running in the snow way back in February of 2014 I've been itching to do another snow run! Last winter we really didn't get any snow, so when it started coming down on Saturday I started to feel sorry for myself. It looked so magical outside and here I was all crippled and unable to get out there and enjoy it.

Well, after about an hour or so, I was like... wait. I'm actually feeling pretty good in terms of my legs and knees. So I decided to go on a run in the snow. There was probably only a half inch on the ground, so the footing was pretty good but everything was still pretty much covered. I wasn't sure if it was a good idea, with the questionable knees and potential poor footing and lack of fitness, but I believe that is why "YOLO" was invented.

Anyways, I started to run and it felt pretty damn good. Really enjoyed myself. I didn't realize it had been 27 days since my last run. Crazy! I would have said like a half a month, not almost a whole one. Surprisingly, my fitness seemed alright. Maybe it was because I was going a little slower because of the snow (and it was slippery in a few places), but I was able to run pretty comfortably the whole time. Until this point, I hadn't run more than three miles since the Rum Run back in May. My last three mile run felt pretty killer. However, I did 4.3 miles in the snow without much trouble. I could have done five easy if I wanted. Felt great. So that was encouraging and frankly surprising.

According to the "schedule" I should be hobbling in pain tomorrow. It's so weird, everything felt great during the run Saturday, again the next day Sunday, and today Monday I'm fine. My legs are tired and sore, but that makes sense, and they are not weirdly sore. However, after activity it seems to be two days of "okay" followed by multiple days of a crippling flare up. We'll see if the trend holds. That's what makes this thing so frustrating, you feel fine and can do things without issue and then half a week later all of a sudden you're taking the elevator to the 2nd floor.

Thinking back though, it makes sense. I remember running hard at PRC on a Monday, then taking it easy on a Wednesday and then getting a flare up on Thursday. On Thursday, I'd wonder why in the hell my easy run caused a flare up when the hard run didn't do anything, but really it was probably just this same delay. I'd say if I'm hobbling tomorrow then the pattern is pretty clear. Anyways, just six weeks from the next doctor! Wohoo! And at this point I'm confident I can finish Miami. Not comfortably, but my two friends I'm "running" it with aren't in any better shape.

Lastly, I got the MRI results back. Basically my knee looked normal. He said there were a few small things, something about a "fat pad" and I forgot what else. Basically he said they didn't concern him and were common if the knee was inflamed. They also wouldn't explain both knees being jacked up, most mechanical issues are just going to affect one knee. Anyways, he said the rheumatology referral would be the next step so he is glad we went ahead and did that proactively.