I have been back in the running game for the last couple of months. The hardest thing is not pushing myself too hard. I've got great cardio fitness, but my body is weak. My right knee has a lot of scar tissue for a shinny injury. So I really have to ease into running. I use to just run every morning, and then after about two weeks the pain in my knee was too bad and I'd have to quit. Now I'm trying three runs a week and weights three times a week to build strength. Two of my runs are intervals and one is distance. I just hit 10k for my distance run on Saturday and now my knee is starting to swell. It's not too bad, but I know I can't push it too hard if I want to keep going. The hardest part is knowing my lungs and heart can push so much more if my body could carry me.
I'm hoping to run my first 10k race on Mother's Day. I ran 10K in 60 minutes on Saturday with lots left in the tank. My goal is to be under 50 minutes on race day.
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