Sun, Apr 5-Sat, Apr 11

 Sun Apr 5: AM. In Marshfield, A 60 min run with the old man over the northwest corner route. Knee was pain-free. It was partly sunny and 29°.

Mon Apr 6: AM. A 35 min run with the old man over residential streets on the east side of Mfld. Pain-free. It was partly cloudy and 33°. PM. A 30 min run on the Veterans PKWY Trail and over residential streets. Knee was okay, but had stomach cramps from eating too much before running. It was mostly cloudy and 34°.

Tues Apr 7: AM. Physical Therapy Appointment. PM. In Sun Prairie, A 90 min run over trails in Sheehan Park, on Linnerud Dr, and over residential streets. Knee was slightly noticeable, but never became painful. It was sunny and in the 30s.

Wed Apr 8: AM. A 45 min run on the Capital City Trail and around Monona Bay. Knee was okay. It was dark and 33°. AM2 In Deerfield, ran 5 mins worth of loops around the station till a call came in.

Thurs Apr 9: AM. In Deerfield, ran 39 mins worth of loops around the station till a call came in. Tired from lack of sleep. It was sunny and 45°.

Fri Apr 10: AM. In Deerfield, A 45 min sleep-deprived run on the Glacial Drumlin Trail. It was cloudy and 43°. PM. A 55 min run on the Capital City Trail and over trails in Olin Park. Knee + rest of body are achy and tired from spending about 40 of the last 48 hours sitting in an ambulance. It was mostly sunny and around 50°.

Sat Apr 11: AM. Ran 2 hours 30 mins of the Madcity 50k before dropping out at 33 ⅓k. When I signed up for this race last December, I was planning on using it as a workout, running the first, third, and fifth 10k loops fast (maybe 5:45ish pace) and the second and fourth 10k loops at a more comfortable 6:30+ pace. With my recent knee injury, there was no chance of that happening. So instead, my new goal was just to make it thru 30k and hope my knee could hold up for that long. I went thru 30k in 2:12:09 (~7:05 pace) and my knee was still feeling okay so I decided to go a few more K’s. This was really tough. I am very much out of shape from the lack of running in the past couple months and the lack of sleep in the past couple days. The weather was perfect though- Beautiful sunny morning with no wind and a temp in the 30s when starting off, warming up to around 50° by the end.

I made the switch from 8 hour shifts to 48 hour shifts this week- worked from 8:00 AM Wednesday to 8:00 AM Friday. I was hoping I could get a little more running in and a lot more sleep on this shift, but I ended up spending almost the entire shift in the ambulance doing calls- not good for my knee! Only slept (lightly) for about six hours total in the 48 hour shift.

Time to catch up on z’s and running before the next 48er (Friday April 17).