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[[File:Yosemite.JPG|right|thumb|500px|Running in Yosemite in October 2014. (One of the advantages of [[Running With A Smartphone]] is you always have a camera with you.)]]
This is not the log of each workout I do, but rather a higher level summary of what's happening with my training overall. For a detailed log, I use [[SportTracks]] and publish to [[Dailymile]] at http://www.dailymile.com/people/JonathanS.
==May 2016==
At the beginning of May I finally decided it was time to talk to a specialist about my knee injury. I found a doctor that was highly recommended as a specialist in diagnosing injuries rather than a surgeon, and he believed I had a meniscus tear. This diagnosis was backed up with an MRI, and you can see the scans below. My next step is to talk to a surgeon and see what my options are for having the damaged area of the meniscus removed.
[[File:MRIKnee.jpg|none|thumb|500px|My knee MRI scan showing the tear as a light area in the dark triangle of the meniscus.]]
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Miles'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Hours'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Avg Pace'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Num Runs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Longest'''
|-
| May 2016||129||19||8:37||31||11
|-
| April 2016||191||29||9:12||25||16
|-
| May 2015||189||29||8:48||18||25
|}
==April 2016==
My recovery during April was a little patchy. Those who know me well won’t be surprised to hear I built up my mileage a little too quickly. I started off running just 8 miles every other day, then built it up to around 12 every other day, then got cocky and did a couple of 16 mile runs back to back. The second of the 16 mile runs used the [[Galloway]] run/walk approach, which I found to be extremely effective at rebuilding endurance. These back to back long runs didn’t upset my knee directly, but they did tear my left calf. I did a little more running with the impaired calf, and that weakness and imbalance did upset my knee. I was able to repair my calf muscle through extended icing, but the damage was done. Not only did I upset the knee, but I also developed an unsettling weakness in my left quad. By the end of April things are beginning to bounce back yet again, so my challenge will be to avoid further wanton stupidity.
