With the knee still aching a little and the time short today I decided to cut the distance but kept the intensity up a bit. Don't know if that really helped or hurt but it felt good. First four miles were around an 8:15 pace and then decided to pick it up hard for the last mile and ran a 6:30. Weather was good and knee felt good during the run but is again a little tight as I sit at work. It actually feels good to get up often and loosen it up a bit by walking around but going up and down stairs causes it to ache a little more. The reading I have done seems to indicate that its a case of "runners knee" and that I should be able to run through it but that I need to cut the number of miles. After my long run tomorrow I plan to taper next week for the Painter's half and then I will be starting the second week of Pfitzingers 18/55 marathon training plan which has the miles in the mid 30's for that week. Hopefully that is enough of a decrease to let this thing heal. Pfitzingers plan has you running 5 days a week for most of the plan and I usually run 6 days but maybe I will cut it to 5 as well for a while to see if that helps as well.
Time: 7:56/mile | 