Finally made it through the holidays!

We've finally made it through the holidays relatively unscathed.  The kids had a blast, and mom and dad had a great time soaking it in and enjoying it.   Now back to work.   The real good news from the last week and a half has been the lack of knee pain.  The lessons learned from the last week have been to never drink heavily the night before a long run.

After taking some extended time off two weeks ago to try to get the knee back to square, and a slow build up last week, I was able to pull of a 10 mile run with a friend of mine as well as a full week off maintenance runs and speed work this week with very little knee pain.  I was a little frustrated after my 10 miler last Saturday because the knee was sore during the run, and on the ride back home in the car, I felt it lock right up and hurt pretty bad.  I had to run into the grocery store and I must have looked like a real treat hobbling through the store, barely able to put pressure on the knee.  I was feeling pretty depressed at this point because I'm thinking this training may not work the way I want and the marathon may be in jeopardy.  Then I came home, stretched a little more and took a shower.  By the time I came out of the shower, the knee was fine and I haven't looked back sense.

Tomorrow I have 12 miles scheduled, that I may try to stretch to 13.1  depending on how I'm feeling.  Going to try to eat well today and see how it goes!