Valentine's Day Treat/Tragedy

I hope you had a lovely Valentine's day!

My Valentine's treat for myself was to go on a lakefront run. I haven't run in Chicago in waaayyy too long. I'm trying to be good and give my knee a break. I miss it like crazy. (judge as you wish) It gives me a clear head and makes me feel so much better.

So why was this a treat AND tragedy at the same time?
I always love a run on the lake (although when it's 100+ degrees it's a bit harder to love). I was able to go the farthest I've gone on a flat surface (for some reason hills don't bother my knee as much) since probably November. With that said, I ran 4 miles, which is quite disappointing for me. My knee started twitching around mile 3.5, but didn't lock up like it had been. So that's positive.

The fact that I felt some pain pretty much killed my lingering hope of running a marathon in April. This is very sad news.

And why do people keep changing how you're supposed to run. First, all I heard was mid foot mid foot. Now there's a new study saying whatever. Oh man, I am sick of it.

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