My knee is still giving me problems, so I've decided to stay off it another week or so.

So I went swimming, instead. I think I almost drowned. You never realize how much you love breathing until your head is submerged under water for four-fifths of your workout. And I thought running was hard! I was gasping for air every opportunity I could, and still had to stop at the end of each lap to take a breather. And I thought that running long distances helped my cardiovascular fitness out a lot. Good lord! I guess not nearly enough to be able to swim well. I am afraid to go back.

But in all reality, this will be good training for running. Developing my lungs more and working on my cardiovascular fitness can only help me. I am still worried that I'm losing muscle strength in my legs, though. The Helvetia Half is inching closer, and time is running out. If I want to get back to where I was, and continue training beyond that, I'm going to have to get better within the next couple of weeks. If I am not better (which I'm thinking I may not be) then I'll just have to cancel the Half and wait for my knee to heal and try again. Oh, the agony! Such hard work...and my goal slips further and further away...