Back in the Saddle

...or back on the conveyor belt, may be a better title.  It took almost three days for my right knee to feel better after my seven mile treadmill run Friday.  Bummer.  I didn't mention it in my weekend blog posts, but the skate-skiing Saturday gave my left knee trouble, and when I switched to classics, my right knee ached.  What to do? Take another day off. Or two.  That's exactly what I did.

I felt guilty, but it turns out I really needed to the extra rest.  I know this for sure because I had a terrific workout on Wednesday with Annie.  In fact, it was one of those workouts were I was ready to do it again five minutes after I'd finished.

We did 6x2:00 intervals with 60 secs of recovery after a 5 minute warm-up on the treadmill;  I did my speed at 7:30 min/mile and Annie did hers at up to 9:30 min/mile.  I ended up running 3 miles in just over 26 minutes, then jumped on the bike for another 10 minutes.  Can't wait to do it again!

Unfortunately my heart-rate monitor is still mis-reading my rates early in the run... This time taking almost nine minutes to settle.  I will try more water on the leads--or perhaps find a gel.