"Back in the Saddle Again"

Wow, when one gets out of sync it is really hard to get back in. My new standby quote is:

Even if the activity is less vigorous than it had been before, or if your schedule is tight and it cannot be done for long, exercise anyway. Something is always better than nothing, and even short runs or walks help to retain the habit. 

So since my last post Day 8 Easter Monday:

Day 9 April 26, 2011
Easy day - 15 minutes. Rode my bike to and from work.

Day 10 April 27, 2011Speedwork
Knees are sore - took day off. Rode bike to and from work

Day 11 April 28, 2011
Another day off - knees still sore. Rode bike to and from work.

Day 12 April 29, 2011
Yet another day off because of knees. Talk to Jerry. Knee soreness coincides with me riding bike to work. Going to work is fine - its downhill.  Coming home takes some low gear work. Jerry has read that that can be hard on knees if out of practice.  Will give bike riding a break.

Day 13 April 30, 2011 Saturday
Down to the seawalk for my speedwork. 10 minutes easy, 2 x 1 km hard with 3 minutes recovery in between, then about 6 minutes cooldown. My watch quit so I'm not sure of pace, but I think it was under 6 minutes per km.

Iced knees as soon as I came in the door and iced them several more times throughout the day.

Day 14 May 1, 2011 Sunday Long run
What a glorious day. I ran along the seawalk beside the ocean in the sunshine. There were lots of people walking, running, cycling greeting each other as they passed. It really felt like the promise of Spring. Ran 70 minutes then came home and iced knees. Again, continued with the icing several more times that day.

Jerry and I reviewed my program Sunday night and decided that this week would be a repeat of last week since I missed my tempo run. My long run will be 5 minutes longer.

Day 15 May 2, 2011 Monday Easy run
Did my 15 minutes easy and followed up with icing my knees.

Day 16 May 3, 2011 Tuesday Easy run
Another easy 15 minutes followed by icing my knees.  Haven't got back to the stationery cycling after run yet, but my knees are feeling better.  Haven't got back to the first thing out the door by 7:00 am either. Its been more like sleep in after the alarm goes, listen to the news, drink coffee, then go. Then be late for work. News has been interesting however. First the death of Bin Laden and then this morning the final results of the Canadian election - majority Conservative government, NDP opposition, Green Party with a representative, Bloc wiped out with only 4 seats and Liberals only 37 seats. What a shakeup in our government! Who would ever have imagined this a month ago!