On the run again

I took a month off from training.  A month.  I didn't do anything.  Like my sister and I like to say, I sat AROUND the house.  Like I sat my fat butt down and it spread all around the house.

Actually, I jacked up my knee sometime between mile 5 of the run and 2 days after the race. That's when it started hurting, 2 days after the race (WTH is that?).  I tried to run a little bit on my vacation, but it started to hurt again, so I used that as an excuse to sit AROUND the house, for a month.

I went to the doctor the day after I got back to Minneapolis.  I started PT a week or so ago because despite the fact that I have been running my tail off for the last 6 months, I'm not really strong enough to run.  So I've been doing squats and sit ups and other embarrassing butt and hip and thigh exercises.  And I got new shoes.  That seems to help.  

So, I'm running again.  3 miles on 3 days last week.  I signed up for the PF Chang's Arizona Rock and Roll 1/2 Marathon in Phoenix in January with TNT because who doesn't want to get out of Minneapolis in January? So we'll see if I can really run 13.1 miles.  

Yes, we'll see.