Good progress...but now in Covid recovery
Since my last entry here, I have made some good progress in my comeback from two knee surgeries. I've continued to run 4 days per week with a long run (that reached 8.1 miles on Aug 7) and a workout of "tread striders" where I was able to finish with 5 x 30-second repeats at 6:59/mile pace. Nice milestones for sure, but I just returned to running today after missing 8 days in a row with Covid. I feel like trying to overcome the knee injury and knee surgeries is already an extraordinary challenge. It seems unfair that I also have to deal with things like illness, running injuries, work, a poor night's sleep, etc. But it's true. I'm subject to all the same issues any other runner has to deal with...maybe even more since I haven't run much in a few years, I have a surgically repaired right knee, I'm 57 years old, and I have a more-than-full-time job and family responsibilities. It's kind of like the movie Inception , but instead of a dream within a