Phase II day 7: 54min run

An injury is not so bad a thing after all. It could save you some self-invited punishment. I know. I am a beneficiary!
The young gazelle Japheth Ananda (I got his name, finally... haaaaaaaaaaaaaah!) whom am fortunate to have for a running partner and (quack) coach, came looking for me and was wondering if I was available for a run on Sunday, Sept 27th.
I said I wasn't sure since I had a bad knee that I needed to have fixed by a physician (or whatever specialist deals with knees).
At the mention of a bad knee he lit up and went into this narrative about stretching the knee, strengthening the muscles, blah blah, blah ...
So we were not going to Ngong, yippeeee!!!! Never mind that I would have done with some of that Ngong distance; as Ananda puts it, it knocks a lot of sense onto your legs and deflates the ego!
So Sunday, 5.40sh am we left the house onto the road and off to a run. Time: 5.49 am. New route.
Onto the road, Kawangware Road, Gitanga Road, James Gichuru Road, Naivasha Road, Ngong Road and onto the field just about Jamhuri Park, a lap and down to what Ananda called 'physicals.'
It was a Sunday and I thought the road would be 'empty' ... Shock on me - there were people all over walking to God knows where. It's Sunday before 6am ...
As I said up there, my knee was not up to scratch but it somehow held up all the way to the pitch and back.
It was a mix: gentle slopes, sharp hills, flat course, human traffic, vehicular traffic ...
James Gichuru road has some adolescent hill that is all steep but no power. After Ndakaini, it was a walk in the park but the knee, my God! It kept urging me to stop and walk back but I just ignored it and run-limped when it played up too much. I will see a doctor tomorrow ...
Anyway, up James Gichuru and onto the Met/Dagoretti Corner roundabout, Ngong Road and on to the pitch. Little traffic, cool air.
As we ran, Ananda was trying his coaching on me ...
'Try to breath normally' (How I wish)
'Run as if you are stretching your legs' (halloooo!)
'Pace yourself' (Don't I know that!)
etc
The pitch was good but uneven. Considering the situation my knee was in, I felt every bump on that course - all the way to the head. Quite some pain.
A good route to take for my short runs, I think. The James Gichuru hill is good for the legs - it kicks you right but it doesn't suck the air out of you, not at all.
Now that the Stanchart race is here, I'm back to my running on alternate days ...

PS:
I will not join Jack and the rest of the team for the long runs slated for 3rd and 10th October. Considering I get home close to 4am on Saturdays, getting up an hour later to prepare for a race is not fair to my body. Instead, I will make use of the Sunday runs to Ngong.