Runner's knee

Yep, I'm pretty sure that's what I have.  I spun indoors on Friday and took Saturday completely off in preparation for the big group Super Bowl Sunday run.  I hit up Portland Running Company for some new shoes in NE.  I decided to forgo the standard support my pronating shoe and go back to finding the most cushy shoe I could find.  I ended up with these Nike Zoom Vomero. I know how they say don't wear new shoes on a long run especially a different shoe but screw it.  My knee was sucking anyway so to hell with that I wore them and boy did they help.  The extra cushion really helped me limp to a super fast past of 8 somethings and then the knee warmed up a little so I could sortof keep up with all the fast folks.  Luckily the old running partners weren't out for blood and even Vera took pity on me.  I'm guessing the only reason though was she hasn't been running that much and was just surviving as well.  I think we ended up with 8.8 miles or so at least that's what Alanna(check out her blog) had on her garmin.  We stopped afterwards at Starbucks for coffee while another group tacked on another 6 miles.  The coffee was good but the legs were tired.

Overall, the knee was okay but I'm going to focus on getting some cycling fitness and let it rest.  I hope it can make a full recovery so I can still get some fast tempo work in late March and early April.  I'll just keep icing it at least twice daily as it's constantly swollen.  I might even take some Aleve but probably not.

I showered and went into work for a bit before the big Super Bowl Party.  The Super Bowl Party was quite good even though the stupid Cardinal defense couldn't save the game by sacking Big Ben in that final drive.  So sad.  I was in charge of chips.  Perfect.  On Saturday, I bought about 10 bags of chips.  You need a variety for people's tastes.  At the party on Sunday, I think I ate the most chips.  Hmm..coincidence.  NOT!  I had a ton of 7-layer bean dip, chili, and about 12 chicken skewers.  I ate so much I felt like the Gluttony guy on Seven.  If someone had punched me in the gut, my stomach would rupture and I would die.  I could barely sleep last night as my stomach hurt from being so full.

After an easy spin this morning on the indoor cycle, I weighed in at 146.  Easily put on 2lbs yesterday.  I had successfully gotten down to around 144 on Friday after lots of extreme starvation dieting.  I probably having an eating disorder where I can eat tons at one setting then eat barely anything the following day until another gorging a day later.  Oh well, it's not like it's hurting anyone.  It is amusing to see my weight fluctuate 5lbs either direction weekly.  The eating will continue though as next weekend is a date with Claim Jumper where they have massive desserts plus a pounding of some movie popcorn when I see Pink Panther 2.

Well I got tons of work to do so I better get back to it and the jet lag is over. Yay!