I eventually had to give in and take some time off to rest my knee. As I've said before, it is a mental thing. Once I broke the string of consecutive days working out, the rest wasn't so hard. Still, five days with no running or any cardio left me feeling very sluggish.
Today I cleaned up the road bike a bit, lubed it well, and took of for a ride in the nice weather. Cycling is the one cardio activity that seems to actually help my knee if I don't push too hard. I expect it will become my exercise of choice once warm weather is back to stay. And the days become long enough to put in some miles after work. For now, it is more of a nice weekend activity when the weather is agreeable.
Today was just over 31 miles at a 16 mph average speed. That is a little misleading due to the high winds. There were places where I was easily hitting well above that going uphill and others where I was downshifting while going down hill.
Tomorrow morning it is an easy run and weights at the gym.
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