Beagle269’s BodyBlog

Holy Heck, I’ve been so busy with fitness to even update my blog…  So, 4 weeks ago, I traveled up to Penticton Canada, feeling good about my summer of triathlon, I watched Ironman Canada, and signed up for 2009 Ironman Canada!  2.4 Swim, 112 Bike, 26.2 Run!  It was an amazing experience to watch people racing, and competing/ some simply completing an Ironman distance triathlon!  I’m so excited, but gonna have to be more prepared than I have ever been before.  Then 2 weeks ago, I ran in the Mackenzie River 50k trail run.  The run was spectacular, and it kicked my butt.  Finish time in a bit more than 5 hours, and feeling totally wasted, I was happy to have that accomplishment under my belt. (Hey, I left room for improvement right?), and think I wasn’t used to trail running enough, (technical, with rocks and logs).  Then Last week, just finished hiking the Wonderland Trail around Mt. Rainier, or most of it.  I had a bit of trouble with a sore knee, and still not sure what to do about it.  After the 50k on Saturday, then hiking with a overnight pack about 12-17 miles a day, up and down massive amounts of elevation, I decided to call it due to a sore knee after completing only 70 miles of the trail.  My knee felt like the muscle was tearing away from the knee cap or possibly ligament.  And the pain was minor at first got worse as I worked it too hard.  Though feeling better a few days later now, still a concern of mine.  How do I know if it’s properly healed with enough time?  I feel like I should be training hard right now to re-peak for Clearwater Florida in early November.  hummm, any knee or training suggestions?

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