Cautious...

Last Wednesday, 8.8 miles in 1:05:38
Last Thursday, ?? in :06
This Wednesday, 3.3 miles in :26

I easily lowered my time on my 8.8 mile loop last Wednesday, but paid for it on Thursday. As soon as I started my run, I felt a pain in the top of my left knee. As I hit Dwight and Shattuck, I realized that it was getting worse, not going away, so I called it and headed home. After five days of stretching, icing, ibuprofin, and no running, I decided that I was ready to try again this morning.

I stepped outside this morning and was greeted by the smell of woodsmoke. The summer wildfire season is officially underway, with fires to the north, south, and east. Although there is visible smoke in the air here, I'm assured that the air quality on this side of the hills is fine. The run itself was uneventful, an easy loop accompanied by Tom Waits. No pain, so I'll take some ibuprofin to keep any swelling down, and push it a little more tomorrow.