I jogged to the gym today amid a downpour (29 consecutive days of rain). I noticed that my left knee was hurting right before I got to the gym. It didn't surprise me. The reason is that half-way through my last run on January 6th, I had slight pain in the same knee. I thought that it was just temporary and that it would go away the next day (that's why I didn't write it in the blog), but it didn't. In fact, I was limping for the next few days and the pain didn't go away completely until late last week. Thus the reason for not working out for a long time. BTW, the whole thing really caught me off-guard because I haven't been working out hard at all in the past month. The lesson is that if something hurts, stop doing it. I thought I knew my limits...

Well, when I got to the gym I headed for the stationary bike after doing some light stretches and push-ups and sit-ups. I felt pretty good on the bike and no pain in the knee. I didn't have any clipless pedals however, so I can't say that it won't hurt when I pull up. But I have a feeling it won't because the pain seems to be caused by the force of the impact when my foot hits the pavement.

After a half-hour on the bike, I got on the treadmill and tried jogging at a slow pace -- 6.0mph. But my knee started hurting so I stopped.

I'm taking at least two more weeks off before I run again, maybe more, but I'll do some light biking in the meantime at the gym our outside if it's not too wet.

Total: 9.25mi Bike (stationary); 320 cal.

[Backdated on 1/18/2006]