Instead of hopping back on the trainer today, I decided to go for a run to take advantage of the continued nice weather. I had been avoiding running all this past week due to my left knee, but the past couple days it hadn't been giving me any grief, so I thought I might give it a test-go. It was a little odd - it had largely gone away by Wednesday, but then on Thursday it came back a little bit, which I attributed to the legs workout from Tuesday.
I decided on a medium length run - I certainly didn't want to do a long run on a just-healed knee, plus it has been two and a half months since I've done a long run, so I'd likely have to build up to it again. I also figured that I'd probably be spending most of the week on the trainer - so I'd not be running anyway, and if the run did aggrevate the knee at all, it'd have time to heal. Plus, tomorrow is yoga day, so that'll help.
The other thing of note is that I tried my invert sugar-based homemade energy gel. Although it did thicken up a bit, it was nowhere near as tough to deal with as honey from the last time. Also, it turns out that the flask I got (which is not a Fuel Belt brand) actually was able to be kept in one of the holsters on my fuel belt without falling off. Not a perfect fit, but it was enough. Ultimately, I'd like to get a fuel belt brand one just to ensure that it wouldn't ever fall out.
Other than that, the whole point was to keep the HR relatively low. I'm starting off with a new base-building phase, which I'll be following for several weeks, which means lots of low intensity workouts. So for now, the threshold, tempo and intervals will be few and far between.
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