12/01/2011 - 12/10/2011

I wanted to go for an easy 1 hour ride to see how my knee would respond. I netted a whopping 13 miles in that 1 hour….Yes, you read that right…13 miles in 1 hour. The good news was that I didn’t feel any pain or residual effects after. With the good news in hand, I ventured out for a 3 mile run just 2 days later. Same recipe as before, walk one mile and then run while listening to my body. I was able to accomplish the task at hand, all be it extremely slowly, with no pain. No pain until I got home that is. Not 2 ½ hours later, I was experiencing the same “locking” sensation where I had to support my knee to move it in various positions. Having had enough of guessing at what the problem was (assuming IT band), having had enough of guessing on the proper recovery (rest with mild exercise), and knowing that my marathon training just went into “Code Red”, I made the decision to visit my old friend Tom at the Center for Athletic Performance & Physical Therapy.