Hurricane Ike

I've seen the National Hurricane Center's warning about Hurricane Ike. OMG. They are saying if your are on the affected coast and in a 1 or 2 story building you can count on "certain death".

I've never seen warnings like that before. Up here in Toronto, the certain death is usually kept to late January exposure issues when it's about -30 on the extremely rare day.

All I can say is the folks down there are in my prayers. My wife and I have a place in Cape Canaveral, FL, and we've been hit with our share of hurricanes. Only about 3 weeks ago our area was flooded with something like 29 inches of rain in a few days. (No damage to our place thankfully)

In Texas, Galveston seems to be particularly vulnerable target. In September 1900 it was the location of the deadliest natural disaster in North American history.

Last year, I read the book "Isaac's Storm" by Erik Larson which document the build up and affects of the storm.

Anyway, I'm not turning this into a book review but I recommend the book.

In the mean time thoughts and prayers go out to all those in the area as well as those that have already been hit in Cuba and Haiti. Those countries seem to be forgotten in our North American press and they, particularly Haiti, have been devastated.

W7D2 Mission Scrubbed.
I tried to get this run in today, but the knee was just too painful. I did about 2km in total only.

On a positive note, I booked an appt. to see a sports injury doctor for next Friday. He's the head doctor for both the Toronto and Mississauga Marathons, so I expect he's seen examples of my problem more than a few times.

I'm looking forward to getting this diagnosed and back on the road to recovery.

Depending on how things fell, I may give the W7D2 run another try tomorrow.

One Day Late W7D1

I took an extra off day to let my still somewhat inflamed knee settle down a bit. I think the new running shoes help but the minor damage has already been done so it will probably take a bit of time to get back to normal. I gave in and went to see a physiotherapist today, and he said I have a bit of a stretched MCL and some inflanation in the miniscus as well. He advised that I take a bit more time stretching and that the tightness in the hamstrings etc. is probably the main cause for the pulling on the MCL. 

Anyway, I did the W7D1 run today and pretty much got through it. The pain was there but not too bad.  The leg felt pretty wobbly when I finished though.

So, I think I can keep going with the plan, and I'll also be doing the extra stretches on everyday including the off days. 

I'm hoping all is still going well for my fellow C25Kers.