Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Starting two weeks ago started running outdoors instead of on the treadmill. I picked the worst time of year. Ground is covered in snow/ice. Despite using a 3% incline the conversion still isn't very good. Maybe mostly because of the snow..?? Last night ran at a track for first time in many, many years. Did lap intervals. Interested in trying to train somewhat like Roger Bannister. Not bothering with the tedious slow stuff. I'm doing 8 quarters currently. Last night averaged about 1:55. Which is damm slow. Knee continues to be in this place where I can't quite tell if it's getting better or not. I can look down at my legs and see a clear muscle imbalance. I bought a perfect exercise bike a couple days ago. Hopefully that will help. Thinking maybe to combine that with power cleans. It seems though 13 hour days on my feet combined with the running is just too much for my knees.

Right now going down to running maybe just once every 4 days or so. In part because of the right knee issue. Also in high school ran a 6 minute mile just from playing basketball and riding an exercise bike, so I can improve plenty from where I'm at with little actual running, perhaps.