It has been raining here since about 5 am. Storms, down pour, wind... you name it. So there was a lull in the rain this morning when it was still raining a little but not bad at all, so Rob and I decided to go for a run this morning. I slapped on the knee brace and we went... but bad me didn't stretch.
Things I learned today:
1. No matter how excited I am about my first real run in the rain, it will still be a tougher run than when it is sunny and 70 degrees.
2. My quad MUST be stretched out really really well or else it will hurt bad.
3. I'm a big weenie.
So, we took off on the same route as yesterday. We walked out to the flat-ish ground (flat ground is hard to come by in Kentucky) with haste and then took off at a great pace and I was doing ok, but every step brought quite a bit of pain in my left knee with it. The brace didn't seem to make it any better. We went one lap and then my knee was feeling like it was going to buckle or snap so we walked back home, this time with a bit of a limp.
When we finally made it home (that walk seemed like climbing a mountain and I had to walk some of the downhills backwards because my knee was struggling) I iced the knee. It's still hurting a little but not as bad. I think I will spend the rest of today and tomorrow working on stretching out that quad and then pick up again with full force on Monday... it's supposed to storm pretty bad here today and tomorrow anyways.
Happy Derby (that's what people around here say... I figured I'd try it out but actually what I would like to say is happy May which is RACE month in the nap!)
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