Moving along. Day 3 of Superior Training

Patellofemoral pain syndrome is a tricky injury to get over. I had it in early 2014. I tried running through it for about 3 or so months, only to abandon running for a full month when progress was scarce. Suddenly, it got better after a month of rest and I was running a 25-miler pain free. Injury is very nonlinear like that. For the moment, I've been taking a month off of running, with a lot of cross training. Today, I got a 1.5 mile walk in. Not long ago that would seem like barely worth the effort, but today, it felt amazing. Walking out in an open space. Witnessing a coyote close up. I didn't have my phone camera to document my experience, but it was memorable nonetheless.

As for my current injury, there was very little pain during the walk. There were occasional aches and pains in odd places in my left knee and some minor tightness in the knee, but the frequency of pain sensations was vanishingly small.

With some unexpected walking worked into my schedule, I updated my Superior training plan. Eventually these walks will transition into run/walks, and eventually pure running.

Exercises: 800 yards of swimming over approximately 30 or so minutes. Mostly freestyle but with some kicking drills. I still have a lot of inefficiencies, especially with breathing. I feel like I have a net loss of oxygen per lap, so I have to pause and get my heart rate down each lap. This slows my average pace.

Also, 20 minutes of mobility/physical rehab stuff.

1.5 mile walk.

Nutrition: 1696 cal, 75 g protein, 36 g fiber