Monday was knee surgery for my IT band repair. I have been injured for about 15 months which has left me unable to run over 5-10 minutes without pain. After 4 months off from running last winter the longest run I was able to do was 20 minutes. Pretty much my only run training was during the XTERRA races which would leave me very sore for and unable to walk stairs without knife-like pains in the side of my right knee. Eventually it started hurting to bike after 30 minutes. I had debated surgery mid-season, but since I was finishing on the podium in all of the races, I decided to finish what I had started and opted for a November surgery.  read more