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First week back at work was pretty good. Didn't go to the gym nearly as much as I wanted, but still got in a few runs during the week. Diet since I've been back has also been ok. Still mostly the same stuff I was eating before, but I'm burning off those calories a lot more.
And I'm actually just about to hit my first milestone in my weight loss journey. Down in the 8-10lbs lost range so I'm really happy about that. Only problem is that I thought it'd help with my knee pain, but its looking more and more like I might just have a big of a muscle imbalance, which is causing my knee cap to rub against bone, aka runner's knee. Thinking of how exactly I'm going to correct it. Massaging seems to help a lot temporarily, but as soon as I sit for more than 10 minutes my knee starts to bark. If I can't do anything to improve it in the next week or two I may end up going to a doctor to see what I can do.
Socially I'm hoping to reconnect with my friends some time during the week. Had a convo with one about a month ago, but I really want to see if we can hangout since we used to hangout almost every night when we worked together. Also trying to see if I can hang out with my crush. Finally feels like I've finally gotten in a bit of a groove and things are looking up. We've been getting a bit more affectionate and now that she's on her own break from work we've been texting just about everyday since she left work midweek.
Someone on here recommended the book Built from Broken for dealing with injuries and fitness in general
This can be caused by a lot of things, no? Are you sure your running form is good? Small bad habits like over-striding can add up with heavy mileage.
I used to almost exclusively run for my cardio, but I reduced stress injuries when I mixed up my workouts. Run one day, swim the next, bike after that (where I learned that I really enjoy biking for exercise). Maybe some high intensity ab workouts too.
I usually do short runs (3-6km). I also don't do long strides just because I feel I can pace myself a bit better either short strides. I'll probably look into mixing up my workouts though.