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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.
==July 2016==
July has been a surprisingly good month for me. While my mileage is vastly down on where it was last year, it's beginning to rise again, and my knee feels like it is slowly healing up. While I clearly have a torn meniscus, I'm far less convinced that that's actually the direct cause of my symptoms. If I deeply flex my left knee while it's bearing my weight, then I will get a pain from the area where the meniscus is torn. This typically only happens when I stepped down from a height of more than 12"/30cm. the rest of the time my knee issues are further forward on the medial size, and I suspect there are other issues. I've been gradually building my mileage up, and running 3-4 days per week. I'm now able to run ~16 miles three times a week without any issues from my knee, though the heat and humidity in North Carolina is still brutal. I've been able to start testing the [[BSX]] by doing some high-intensity treadmill runs and even the occasional [[Treadmill Descent]]. In addition to the longer runs, I've also been hiking with a 25lb/12Kg pack in the preparation for the Kungsleden hike in northern Sweden. We've been hiking for 6-10 hours on a Saturday, which does not leave time to do much of a run that day. I think I would be doing even better if I wasn't battling the heat and humidity; this is one of the worst summers I can remember for running.
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