Since my visit to the Orthopedic Surgeon, my knee has felt much better. I don't know if I was being a hypochondriac or if the Aleve I've been taking since has really helped that much. What I do know is I feel like I could run now. I'm stretching religiously and doing some isometric exercises that were recommended by the doc to strengthen my thighs.
My plan now is to start back on Monday 8/23 with Week 5, Day 1. I'm still aiming for the 5k on 9/26. In order to do that, I'm accelerating my training slightly by running every other day regardless of the day of the week instead of just Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Barring any further setbacks, that will allow me to finish the C25K program on Monday 9/20 instead of Friday 9/24. My plan pre-knee problem was to finish on 9/10 which would have given me two weeks to get comfortable running 30 minutes non-stop before the 5k. Now I'll just have 5 days between C25K "graduation" and the actual 5k. I'm not sure what I'll do with those 5 days. I do hope to get at least one additional run in between program completion and the 5k, though. My goal is to run the whole 5K without having to walk.
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