Setback

Monday in physical therapy I was cleared to run for 10 minutes at a ten minute mile pace - on the treadmill of course. We agreed that it would be ok to spin the same day because I have not had any adverse affects from spinning recently. So, I hauled booty to the YMCA, battling Jazz Fest traffic in order to get there early enough to fit in the 10 minute run. I hopped on the treadmill and did my run. It was a little tough, but not painful. I was pretty proud of myself because I didn't feel as though I had been limping too much. My hip flexor and ankle were not in pain either. After my run, I raced downstairs and hopped on my spin bike. I made it just in time for class and had an awesome class. Unfortunately, that was the last time I felt awesome for about 48 hours. I will admit that I didn't stretch properly after class due to my desire to get to the Jazz Fest quickly. However, by 10 pm, my knee had swelled up and I had lost the ability to straighten my leg as much as I have been in recent days. I was in a fair amount of pain and actually opted to head home from the Jazz Fest early. I tied an ice pack to my knee and sent myself to bed. The next day? Still in pain and ended up icing it at work. Of course in order to get ice, I had to also take a 15 minute lecture from the school nurse about overdoing it. So I have learned my lesson: No running and spinning yet. I have to admit that I am getting a bit nervous. I have a 5k on the 4th of July that I really want to run and of course the Boilermaker is less than a month away now. I am confident that I can complete the 5k, but the Boilermaker is beginning to look like a no-go. Hopefully this was just a setback before the great leap forward. . . We will see.