At Least There's Cross Training

As I posted earlier, I did something nasty to my left knee over the weekend. It has been swollen and stiff most of the all week. (In case you were wondering this is the same knee I had ACL reconstructive surgery on in 2003, but I have had no issues with it since) My evenings have seen me propped on the couch with an ice bag over it trying to reduce the swelling. Biking in this condition would be problematic and running is right out, however I managed to make it to the YMCA last night and I put in a good 1800 yards without issue. That's one great thing about moving from strictly running to triathlons, in the past I would have simply stopped all training, now I should have a sport I can do even if I have an injury or otherwise need to put one sport on hold.

This morning I can tell that the knee is improving and I may be able to bike this weekend, but I will not run until I have confident that my knee will be able to withstand the pounding. I will need my knee not only for the Detroit Lakes Tri, but my sisters and I are in the Lottery for the Twin Cities 10 Mile run on Oct 7th. We will find out tomorrow if we were selected.

Update: It looks like my sisters and I are in the TC10! 11 weeks left to train.