Warning Signs: Week 7

78¼ miles for the week (October 27th to November 2nd)

M (1) – 8 miles recovery run, average pace 8:30 mpm, sunny and windy 66°F at 2PM, waiting to go to work for the final refueling outage inspections [SeaC/SSTrail-1M/SeaC]
M (2) – 4½ miles recovery run, average pace 8:53 mpm, 63°F at 6PM, still waiting to go to work [FlagR-P-P/Ol]
Tu – missed a scheduled 11 mile run with 5 miles at LT, was woken by a call to go to work and didn’t make it home until nearly midnight, 47°F at 4AM
W AM - 10 miles general aerobic, average pace 7:03 mpm, a nice and cool 47°F at 6:30AM, slept in a little and went to work at 10AM [SeaC/Dow/MacLSSTrail/SeaC]
W PM – 7 miles on the track, average pace 6:33 mpm, with 5 miles at LT - average pace 6:15 mpm, 65°F at 7PM [B’Wood track]
Th – 6¼ miles recovery run, average pace 8:25 mpm, 66°F at 4AM [Dow/BS/Ol]
F - 15 miles medium long run, average pace 7:26 mpm, 76°F from 11AM [SeaC/SSTrail-4x2M/SeaC]
Sa – 5¾ miles recovery run, average pace 8:06 mpm, 65°F at 5AM, had to work on this Saturday [Dow/BS]
Su – 21¾ miles, average pace 7:31 mpm, 74°F to 76°F starting at 9AM, [Oak-OCD-Soaks-BCC-Oak//SeaC/SSTrail-2M1M/SeaC]

This was another busy week at the power plant. Tuesday was my first zero mileage day since Hurricane Ike. I was able to run the tempo run Wednesday evening on the track and was very happy with the results. I felt very much in control, finishing the full five miles at LT with a 6:08 mile and feeling as though I could easily run a couple more at that pace. But on Friday I started getting a worrisome "niggle" from my left knee. Once every mile or so I'd get a strange feeling just after toe-off. The problem recurred during Sunday's long run. This has been a pretty fast buildup since Hurricane Ike. I really hope I haven't done too much too soon.

The weather looks decent for the 25K race. I'd really like to hammer this race, but I'm also concerned about aggaravating the left knee.