Hmmm...

So, the weather is finally making me smile and with the beautiful spring like feel, I decided to get up this morning and go for a walk/jog before Dan had to leave for work. It was nice. I went about a mile and a half, jogging some and walking more, but trying to keep a good pace. (This is the advantage of going by myself in the morning, it can be a little faster than the leisurely to snail like pace we go with the kids.) There are lots of hills around, so even walking is getting a decent work out. Really, it was nice just to be out in the fresh sunshiney air. It is good for the soul after months of a very cold winter.

All is nice and well and this afternoon, Alyssa, Tess and I have a picnic outside and then go for a walk/baike ride together. I walked, pushing Tess in a stroller for the sake of speed and Alyssa rode her bike. Again, it was beautiful and we were all enjoying our time out and about when about half way through my knee starts hurting. At first, I ignored it figuring it just needed to work its way out. It felt a lot like my kneecap needed to pop or crack or adjust or whatever and just wouldn't. But after several minutes of continuing to walk on it (as we were on a walk), it hurt more and more and by the time I got home, I was seriously almost limping. I would have been limping but my pride kept me from it. So I decided to go inside and stretch - something I didn't do this morning but thought of later. The stretching felt great and just quitting walking seemed to help my knee immensely. It feels fine when I'm off it but the ache is still there (albeit not as strong) when I do walk (like to the other room).

So I'm not really sure what to think. While it has been several months since I have ran at all, I've been pretty active with regularl bouncing and kicking along with strength training. I could tell I was using different muscles today, but gosh, I just can't imagine that one little walk/jog would cause an issue. In fact, I think my pride will be really hurt if I injured myself in this small endeaver. But I know nothing about running or about knees or about injuries or anything fitness related, really. I have a kardio kickboxing class tonight and a bands and kickboxing class in the morning (with the focus on lower body - go figure) so I guess I'll take some Motrin and see how it all goes. If anyone has any input, it would be much appreciated!