All Hail, Gimpy!

If anyone actually got to the office as early as I do, they would have seen me hobbling down the stairs of the parking garage and grimacing with each bend of my left knee. I'm convinced it's a ligament on the outside of the knee that's causing most of the trouble, but what's causing the ligament to be sore in the first place? It didn't really hurt after 6 miles last Saturday. The only thing I can figure is (a) I run weird on my left foot, (b) running around a track couter-clockwise puts more weight on my left leg, or (c) both.

Well, I iced my knee all morning at work and took some ibuprofen to ease the pain. By lunchtime the pain was minimal, so I went on my run. Three miles in 31:45 for an average mile of 10:35. Slow, yes, but probably good considering my knee.