"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

Never, Never, Never Quit.

FIGHT....................FINISH

Countdown to B2B

I CAN

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Good news....I think

So I had my appt with the ortho yesterday and the good news is there is no structural damage to the knee. He said everything looked good. His diagnosis? Patella tendinitis . He's a little concerned with the flexibility of my hamstrings and thinks this is contributing to it. He prescribed an anti-inflammatory for 40 days and said to cut back a little on the running(cut back?? I'm already cutting back to 2 days/10 miles a week!!) He doesn't think I need to cut out running completely. He also wants me to be diligent about stretching the hamstrings and to keep icing after working out but add heat at night.

So, I'll keep this up until the end of the year and hopefully I'll make some headway on this. There have been times the knee has felt very good so hopefully this will heal it completely.

As far as workouts, I was able to get in a 50 mile ride this past weekend and hope to get in 150 miles this week with a couple days off for Thanksgiving.
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