Run #8

In about the only sgnificant thing I've done all week, a 5 mile run was a landmark. The knee still hurts, but the ibuprofen/kneebrace combo helps me to make it though after a rough start.

Eagan is, for lack of a better word, hilly. I was able to conquer, at least in part, my notion that hills were impossible to surmount at this point in my training. Turns out that it was fine, with a few stops at traffic lights and hiking up the brace. An 11 minute mile pace is alright.

I'm still concerned about the dang knee, though. I am straddling the line between toughing through the discomfort or doing continuing damage to it. I think I need to intercept this by other means, stetching, etc. Just want to be responsible.