Sometimes you have to be realistic. This weekend was one of those time. When picking up my racing bib and goodies on Friday, I realized that my knee was not going to last the 10k I was going to ask it to do. The organizers were kind enough to switch me to the 5k and off I went, feeling less stressed out about my run after a very stressful two weeks at work.
Saturday morning came and I convinced my mother into running the 5k with me. She's done a few half marathons and is an active runner, so I knew should would keep me from walking. That she did. The out and back semi-trail 5k was not so bad. A few smaller hills, but for the most part doable. On the way back in though, my knee began to hurt and I was instantly grateful that I had dropped down to the 5k distance. She finished a few seconds before me and I saw 33:58 as I ran through. This was almost 5 minutes faster than my last 5k (2009, 38:17) and I was happy with the time considering my knee pain.
I did end up hiking/running on sunday (5.1 miles in 1:40:00) and my knee was pretty much in pain the entire jogging portion of the 5.1 miles. All in all, I could have finished the 10k, but I was happier having knocked out 10miles this week in addition to 3 yoga classes.
I'm looking at a summer half marathon now before I commit to a full fall marathon. Slow steps and more PRs for me.
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