"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

Bike for 1 hour at the Fitness Center.

I went to the Chiropractor today.  Along with my Achilles problem I have also had pain behind my knee.  It's a strange sort of twisting / pinched nerve kind of thing. 

I went to Ben Higbee.  He ran at BYU and is very good at working with athletes.  So he worked on me, adjusted my back and neck, and even did some acupuncture on my Achilles/leg and I think it really helped. 

He said Achilles problems are often associated with stress. and I said, "I'm stressed out because I can't run!"  Hopefully I'll be back soon. 

Thanks to all the people who have encouraged me and sympathized with me these last few weeks.  It really helps.

Physical Therapy exercises and walked on the treadmill for 22 minutes or 1 1/2 miles.  I felt quite a bit better today.  The pain behind my knee has lessened and my Achilles didn't bother me for the first time in 8 weeks.  I still have one real tight sore spot on my calf. 

I'm so nervous to run though.  I don't want to undo all this work I've done to get it better, but of course the whole reason I even care about getting it better is so I can run.  I don't mind walking around in pain all day as long as I can feel good on a 10 mile run.

I think I might be on the right track with the chiropractor.  Yesterday my whole body felt better than it has in months.  Then it popped and cracked a few times and today wasn't quite as good.  

I ran 3 miles.  The pain behind my knee came back, but not as bad as before and the achilles started to feel funny after 2 1/2 so that's why I quit at 3.  I think my back has been out since the day after Thanksgiving, so it may take a while to get it used to being where it's supposed to be. 

I ran just over 7 min miles.  90 % of my body felt good to be running again.  After about a mile my lungs were burning and my mouth tasted like blood.  I've definately lost some of my endurance if that's how I feel running 7 min miles. 

4 miles with my brother at 7:49 pace.  It was very discouraging to be breathing so hard and feeling so tired running at that pace.  The pain I've been having behind my knee didn't bother me while I ran, but still bothers me a little at other times in the day when I move certain ways.  My achilles only hurt a little off and on during the run, but bothered me the rest of the day, which was also discouraging.  Oh, and the inch I can usually pinch around my middle is now two inches!  That's discouraging too.