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Ok, maybe not great - but pretty good.

After physical therapy last night, I felt a lot better. Whether it was the pressure-points on my iliotibial bands, or the assisted stretching, or maybe just a little ibuprofen beforehand, I was able to walk largely without pain last night and all of today.

So I'm stoked!

So I went immediately outside, ran 4 miles at 10mph in the rain, and then my knees exploded.

Just kidding. It's still going to be a bit before I pound the pavement again. I need to be completely free of pain, completely free of pain medication, before I'll consider it. And prior to that, I'll have to go through a lot of strengthening and stretching to make sure my legs are ready for it.

I also might end up finding my way to a local high school and just take it easy running on the track. Assuming the local high school still has a sports program. And doesn't have signs posted warning against trespassing.

In the mean time, I've reviewed the Kenpo X workout from P90X. I'm not sure I ought to attempt it just yet, unless my knees feel like a million bucks tomorrow. And perhaps they will, given the quickness of improvement I've felt in the last 24 hours. But if not, and I'm really itching to do something tomorrow, I may do it while holding some light hand weights and just skipping the leg work.

We'll see - I'm just still happy that I'm able to walk around mostly pain free now.

Yay!

But I did the shoulders and arms workout tonight from P90X. Still a single circuit, but I'm increasing the weight and the reps. Slowly. And then the Ab Ripper X - adding more reps. Man that's a tough abs workout.