So I’ve decided to push my luck, and my knee.  Sunday at 2 is the annual Second Empire 5K in downtown Raleigh.  I’ve done this race the past few years and its always  a quick and fun run.  It’s also one of the races in the Second Empire Grand Prix.  This year the Grand Prix is seven races instead of five.  Only six will count towards the standings but unfortunately I won’t be able to make it to six of the races.  In the end I’ll be lucky to do four of them.

Either way I’ll be running this race on Sunday and hoping for the best.  I was able to pull off a five mile run yesterday with little complications.  My knee was tight starting off but loosened up as the run went on.  Towards the end it started to tighten back up but today its only a little sore.  I credit that to walking a lot after the run, taking an Ibuprofen, and icing the knee for a couple hours after.  I don’t expect to put in a PR on Sunday but it’ll be nice to have another run under my belt again.  I probably push things too far but how else will you find your limits, right?

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