Sun, Apr 20-Sat, Apr 26

Sun Apr 20: Happy Easter! AM. A 45 min run on the Capital City Trail and around Monona Bay. Usual achiness in the knee. It was sunny and 42°.

Mon Apr 21: AM. A 30 min run on the Capital City Trail. Knee was okay. It was cloudy and around 50°. PM. In Deerfield, A 35 min run on the Glacial Drumlin Trail. It was cloudy and in the low 50s.

Tues Apr 22: AM. A 30 min run on the Capital City Trail. It was cloudy, then light rain came down towards the end. Temp of 38°. PM. In Deerfield, A 30 min run on the Glacial Drumlin Trail. It was partly sunny and 70°.

Wed Apr 23: AM. A 45 min run on the Capital City Trail and around Monona Bay. It was clear and 44°. PM. In Deerfield, A 45 min run on the Glacial Drumlin Trail. It was mostly sunny and 72°.

Thurs Apr 24: AM. A 45 min run with Aggie on the Capital City Trail. It was mostly cloudy and 55°. PM. In Deerfield, joggled 15 mins worth of loops around the ambulance station at shift’s end, then ran 30 mins on the Glacial Drumlin Trail. It was sunny and 71°.

Fri Apr 25: AM. A 45 min run on the Capital City Trail and over residential streets. Rained for the first 20 mins, temp of 47°. PM. In Deerfield, ran 20 mins worth of station loops at shift’s end. It was 52° and drizzling.

Sat Apr 26: AM. A 45 min run on the Capital City Trail and around Monona Bay. It was partly cloudy and 43°. AM2 Did the Crazylegs 8k with Kent Kretchmar (80-years-old) in a blistering 60:38. It was sunny and around 50°.

I have to admit it’s getting better, a little better all the time— It can’t get no worse!

Sun, Apr 6-Sat, Apr 19

Sun, Apr 6-Sat, Apr 12

Sun Apr 6 - DNR - Injured/Resting knee

Mon Apr 7 - DNR - Injured/Resting knee

Tues Apr 8 - DNR - Injured/Resting knee

Wed Apr 9 - DNR - Injured/Resting knee

Thurs Apr 10 - DNR - Injured/Resting knee

Fri Apr 11 - DNR - Injured/Resting knee

Sat Apr 12: AM. Walked ~12 miles around Lake Monona including 4x5 mins running (20 mins running total). Knee felt ok. It was sunny with a temp in the upper 20s when I started and mid 40s by the end.

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Sun, Apr 13-Sat, Apr 19

Sun Apr 13: AM. Walked ~23 miles around Lake Mendota including a few 5 min runs. The knee started acting up on the third run. No problems when just walking. It was mostly cloudy and in the 50s.

Mon Apr 14 - DNR - Injured/Resting knee

Tues Apr 15: AM. A 10 min run on the Capital City Trail. Knee was achy for the first minute, then got better.

Wed Apr 16: PM. In Deerfield, A 30 min run on the Glacial Drumlin Trail. It was partly sunny and 54°.

Thurs Apr 17: AM. A 25 min run on the Capital City Trail. Knee was achy and getting worse. It was partly cloudy and 37°. PM. In Deerfield, A 25 min run on the Glacial Drumlin Trail. Knee was achy, but remained tolerable. It was cloudy and around 60°.

Fri Apr 18: AM. A 25 min run on the Capital City Trail. Knee was sore, but not as bad as yesterday. It was 50° and raining. PM. In Deerfield, ran 10 mins on the Glacial Drumlin Trail before right knee became too painful.

Sat Apr 19: AM. A 25 min run on the Capital City Trail. Knee was achy, but tolerable. It was sunny and 43°. PM. A 25 min run on the Capital City Trail. Knee was achy but remained tolerable- didn’t seem to get any worse. It was partly sunny and 50°.

After taking another week off from running, the knee has continued to bug me. The “gradual approach” hasn’t seemed to be working too well. I’ve decided to throw common sense out the window, take advice from Jake Barraclough and “train harder, not smarter”. The past few days I’ve been doing short doubles and trying to ignore the achiness in my knee. I’m hoping the knee will become immune to the achy pain and forget about it completely after a bit. I will of course stop if the knee becomes too painful, like on Friday evening’s run. Most of the time though, the achiness in my knee has been tolerable. If the knee still doesn’t get better after another week or so, then I’ll look into getting an AKA. 

Sometimes I write

Many moons ago, back when I had a healthy knee and was running twice a day everyday, I thought about writing a silly poem called “Sometimes I run”. Then I got injured and couldn’t run and I never did write that poem. Maybe someday it will see the light of day. Hopefully. Today, I decided to use the same pattern and flow I had in mind for that poem, but to change the theme from “running” to “writing”. This poem is called “Sometimes I write”.

Sometimes I write to put my mind at ease

Sometimes I write to better understand

Sometimes I write to please

Sometimes I write because I like the way a pencil feels in my hand

Sometimes I write quite messy

Sometimes I write quite neat

Sometimes I write essays

Sometimes I write stories that don’t contain any meat

Sometimes I write pretty well (or so I kid myself)

Sometimes I write sh*t (most of the time)

Sometimes I write stories that are swell (I store them on my shelf)

Sometimes I write bits that rhyme

Sometimes I write left

Sometimes I left write

Sometimes I right wrong

Sometimes I write things that don’t make sense and don’t even rhyme

Sometimes I write when I’m high

Sometimes I write when I’m low

Sometimes I write goodbye

Sometimes I write hello

Sometimes I write things inspired by Paul McCartney

Sometimes I write things I think up on my own

Sometimes I write while I’m at a ball or a party

Sometimes I write while I’m home all alone

Sometimes I write on a notepad

Sometimes I write on a slab of wood

Sometimes I write bad

Sometimes I write good

Sometimes I write like Stephen King

Sometimes I write like Poe

Sometimes I write like a mindless ding-a-ling

Sometimes I write like an average joe

Sometimes I write when I’m stuck in the block

Sometimes I write when I’m in the groove

Sometimes I write when I’m taking a walk

Sometimes I write when I’m on the move

Sometimes I write in the morning

Sometimes I write at night

Sometimes I write pieces that are boring

Sometimes I write pieces that excite

Sometimes I write poems that are very repetitive

Once in a while, I like to mix it up (Really threw you off there, didn’t I?)

Sometimes I write about being competitive

Sometimes I write about pie

Sometimes I write for the love

Or for the money

For the f*ck of it

Or just because

Sometimes I write for fun

Sometimes I write when I’m in pain

Sometimes I write in the sun

Sometimes I write in the rain

Sometimes I write till my pencil dulls

Sometimes I write till my head starts to ache

Sometimes I write till my mind lulls

That’s when I know it is time to take a break

If you were a Beatles song, which Beatles song would you be?

I often like to think of myself as a Beatles song. Most days I am something happy and optimistic like Getting Better or Here Comes the Sun. Of course, there are also days when I’m a Loser or The Fool on the Hill. Once in a while I’ll binge out on chocolates and I turn right into the Savoy Truffle. Depending on my mood or the day, I can change into just about any Beatles song. Right now I’m so Tired. For the past few weeks I have just been so tired.

I can’t sleep, I can’t stop my brain

It’s three weeks, I’m going insane

You know I’d give you everything I’ve got for a little peace of mind

Since I’ve been injured and haven’t been running, I haven’t been able to sleep as well. Every night my hyper-active brain races at a hundred miles an hour asking itself these silly rhetorical questions like, which Beatles song are you? It’s All Too Much. I wish I could just turn it off. If only there were a button inserted on the top of my head that I could press that would shut everything down. Then I could close my eyes, go to sleep and maybe turn into Golden Slumbers or I’m Only Sleeping.

Sun, Mar 30-Sat, Apr 5

Sun Mar 30: AM. A 20 min run on the Capital City Trail. Felt tired. Knee was also achy. It was rainy and in the 30s.

Mon Mar 31 - DNR - Resting knee.

Tues Apr 1: AM. A 30 min run on the Capital City Trail. Maybe I’m only fooling myself, but I think the knee is a little better. It was dark and in the upper 20s.

Wed Apr 2: PM. In Deerfield, A 30 min run on the Glacial Drumlin Trail. The knee felt ok. It was partly cloudy and 61°.

Thurs Apr 3: AM. A 30 min run on the Capital City Trail. The knee was a little achy. It was dark and 42°.

Fri Apr 4 - DNR - Tried running, but stopped after a minute- knee was achy. I think it would’ve gotten worse if I’d kept going.

Sat Apr 5: AM. In Stevens Point, A 20 min run over trails in Iverson Park. The knee was achy and getting worse. It was partly cloudy and 30°.

Argghgggaahh. There were a couple days where I thought the knee was maybe showing some improvement. But nope. These last few days it’s been achy and painful and now I’m starting to wonder if it’ll ever get better. Might take a week or two off, then test it out again and if it’s still not better maybe I’ll get an MRI and figure out what is wrong with it.