New shoes!
I just went and bought new running shoes from Team Nashville, which is a local store that specializes in running gear. (The owners are both marathoners many times over.) Same basic shoe I had before, but a half-size larger — more mileage means bigger feet.
The owner that was helping me was also advising me to stay the hell off my knee until it’s really, truly healed. He said to do aqua-running five days a week and one day of aqua-interval-training. Interval training? In the water? Yep. He says it’s the only way to not lose my mileage and speed while I’m healing.
So I guess I’ll be joining up at Centennial Sportsplex for a month or two so I can get access to a pool. They have one-month and three-month memberships in addition to their normal annual rate. The Team Nashville guy said to expect it to take 2-3 months before my knee is really healed. And I think he’s being quite conservative, but maybe a one-month membership would do the trick.