I still have not desisted from running and tennis, even though I should do so in order to allow my knee to heal.
On Saturday I did 90 minutes of tennis, a 20 mile ride on the bike, then a 4.2 mile run.
The run essentially was a fact finding exercise in order to feel how my knee was.
Verdict? Knee is pretty much the same as it was a week ago: slight limping when pushing off, for the first few strides.
In tennis i'm just not bothering to chase down balls, because I know my knee wont allow me to do so.
The weather was decent this weekend. Mid to upper teens during daytime, pleasant at night.
However it has turned colder tonight. On my bike ride I wore gloves, and a long sleeve compression baselayer underneath my long-sleeve Sakura jersey.
My toes where a bit cold, borderline for overshoes.. in mid September..
In also got an 100 miutes of tennis bfore I went my bicycle ride.
I expect that this weekend was the final decent spell of weather until next summer. Really not looking forward to the winter. The locals must have thought I was crazy to continue running round the 5 mile circuit in the rain rain rain rain rain rain rain ice ice ice rain. Basically from Noveneber to March It was either raining or icy. If it wasnt rain that means the un-gritted road would be icy. Sometimes it was impossible to get traction, I felt like Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk.
The grass will soon be wet and mushy. So I wont be able to play tennis anyway. This will give my knee opportunity to heal.
Running gives me a better cardiovascular work out than cycling, partly because I cant ride too fast on the road because there is a lot of deer stags and sheep. I am able to see them because their eyes reflect off my front lights.
When there are large herds of deer all you see is hundreds of little sparkling marbles in the distance.
Oh, tonight I had my first bar of chocolate in a very long time indeed. I discovered a packet in the back of the cupboard. The Use By date had long since expired. But hey, it's chocolate. It doesnt really turn sour.
