So far so good! I have been doing my quad rehabilitation exercises and stretches daily to focus on the vastus medialis muscle of the quads.

This Labor Day weekend, I did a 3-miler outside on the streets (first time running outside since May!) wearing the knee strap and then 4.5 miles on the elliptical on another day also with the knee strap.  I also spent some time walking around the city with the knee brace. No grinding stiffness or pressure on my knees though I did feel a new twinge of pain after 4 miles on the elliptical on the top sides of my knee and not on the patella itself.  I stopped after reaching 4.5 miles to avoid aggravating whatever it was — I don’t need new injuries!

Let’s hope I will be ready for 13.1 in three weeks!