So for the second week in a row, I come out of my Thursday speed workout with something being sore … if I recall, every training season I end up stopping the speed work for the same reason, and I just might do it again. This week my left knee is real sore, it doesn’t hurt as if I tore something, but it just doesn’t feel really great, its just sore. So i’ve got the ice on it, taking the ibuprofen and taking it easy.. thankfully tomorrow is a rest day, so we’ll take advantage of it. My foot seemed to have healed up pretty good with a days rest, or maybe its just time to take a step back week, although i’m trying to save that for yet another week so I can step back while on vacation… we’ll see how it works out tomorrow. Overall I’m happy at how well I kicked up the pace this week, even though my knee is sore from today … I finished my 11.1 miler yesterday in an under 8:00/mile, which kind of surprised me. I actually remapped my course just to be sure that I didn’t short change it, but sure enough, it was right on.

I just heard on the local news station WFMZ-69 news here in the Lehigh Valley that the reporter that interviewed me and my daughter last year prior to the Lehigh Valley Hospital Via marathon last September is going to run in the marathon along with another person from the station. I wonder if she’s going to do the whole marathon, or maybe just be part of a relay team .. I can’t seem to find anything on their website about it as of now, but i’d be interested to know if talking about how great it is to compete in this type of event with her last year, maybe inspired her to participate this year … or maybe i’m crazy … (my guess is the latter). Anyway, if you missed the interview, here it is, it brings back memories…