Feb 12, 2011 **8 Miles of Running...

30 degrees outside this am... brrrr....

Even with as much trouble my knee gave me on this morning run, I felt really good afterward... I did some speed walking when the pain became unbearable that seemed to help a bit... I have to admit, I felt kinda of funny speed walking, I could only imagine what I must have looked like... But you know what, as funny as what I imagined myself looking like, the speed walking helped tremendously!!  Later though, I found if I kicked it up a notch an ran at a 9.00 minute mile or so the pain in my knee subsided... Weird, I don't understand!  But when I ran at that pace my heart and lungs began to hate me...LoL...

So I have come to the conclusion that I like short distant running, meaning nothing over 14 miles... So I will probably stick with half marathons after I complete the LA Marathon, that is provided my knees and hips don't give out on me... I am SOOO READY for the Marathon Training and Marathon to be over... I will continue to run any where from 3-5 miles a few times a week just to keep my running endurance up...I have little running endurance as it is, but what I do have I would like to keep...

                                                    "Best part of running is the finish line"-K.Kimball