Knee'd Help
11 miles in 1:32:26
Route: Hyde Park Circuit 1
Well Team Duff - that's you - we've hit a problem. Today's 11 miler confirmed that I have a knee problem that isn't going away. It's funny, only a few weeks ago, it was fine. Maybe it's the increased distance, or the extra training, but my left knee has given up on me, to the point that today I was in quite a bit of pain.
This route has traditionally been my warm up for the Windsor Half. It's a nice route that takes you from my place, down through Camden to Regents Park, through the park, down Gloucester Place into Mayfair, under the subway into Hyde Park, around the Serpentine, up into Paddington, then Maida Vale and into St John's Wood, past Lords (the nearest an Englishman is going to get to the Ashes this summer) and back into Regents Park, across to Camden and then home. Basically it's a long, long way.
I started out slow, wary of the problem I'd had with my knee last weekend. I thought I would run at a slower pace and go gently. Didn't work. By the time I had run across Regent's Park I could already feel it bothering me. By the time I had got to Hyde Park and around the Serpentine, I had to stop. At this point, I thought the most sensible thing would be to hop on a bus home (screw the training run) and ice it. Seemed like a good plan until I realised that I had i) no travel card ii) no money and iii) no phone. I considered walking home, but given that I was wearing only a thin t-shirt and shorts, I would have froze without the heat generated by running.
There was nothing for it. I had to run home. I stopped to switch my knee support from right knee to left and set off slowly. Actually, it wasn't too bad. I had a few moments when a sudden pang made me wince, but otherwise it could have been much worse. Lesson of the day: always run with your travel card.
Am feeling a bit low about things. I can cope with tired legs and sore muscles. I can cope with missing out on nights out because I have to be up to train the next day. I can even cope (barely) with a torturous hour in the spinning class. But there's not a lot I can do about an injury like this. It's frustrating to be set back by something out of my control.
I'm going to research physios - I just hope they can help.
Route: Hyde Park Circuit 1
Well Team Duff - that's you - we've hit a problem. Today's 11 miler confirmed that I have a knee problem that isn't going away. It's funny, only a few weeks ago, it was fine. Maybe it's the increased distance, or the extra training, but my left knee has given up on me, to the point that today I was in quite a bit of pain.
This route has traditionally been my warm up for the Windsor Half. It's a nice route that takes you from my place, down through Camden to Regents Park, through the park, down Gloucester Place into Mayfair, under the subway into Hyde Park, around the Serpentine, up into Paddington, then Maida Vale and into St John's Wood, past Lords (the nearest an Englishman is going to get to the Ashes this summer) and back into Regents Park, across to Camden and then home. Basically it's a long, long way.
I started out slow, wary of the problem I'd had with my knee last weekend. I thought I would run at a slower pace and go gently. Didn't work. By the time I had run across Regent's Park I could already feel it bothering me. By the time I had got to Hyde Park and around the Serpentine, I had to stop. At this point, I thought the most sensible thing would be to hop on a bus home (screw the training run) and ice it. Seemed like a good plan until I realised that I had i) no travel card ii) no money and iii) no phone. I considered walking home, but given that I was wearing only a thin t-shirt and shorts, I would have froze without the heat generated by running.
There was nothing for it. I had to run home. I stopped to switch my knee support from right knee to left and set off slowly. Actually, it wasn't too bad. I had a few moments when a sudden pang made me wince, but otherwise it could have been much worse. Lesson of the day: always run with your travel card.
Am feeling a bit low about things. I can cope with tired legs and sore muscles. I can cope with missing out on nights out because I have to be up to train the next day. I can even cope (barely) with a torturous hour in the spinning class. But there's not a lot I can do about an injury like this. It's frustrating to be set back by something out of my control.
I'm going to research physios - I just hope they can help.
posted by Jonathan @ 4:00 PM
4 Comments:
At 10:20 PM,
Anonymous said…
i got a referal through my gp to an nhs physio - worth a try. There's a physio dept at the Wittington hospital in Archway
At 4:20 PM,
Jonathan said…
cheers old boy - I think I'm going to sell out my principles on this one and "go private", at least until I have an idea what the problem is.
Stupid knees.
At 12:38 PM,
Anonymous said…
Hows the knee? I hope it's your blog efforts and not your joints that are broken.
At 11:24 PM,
Jonathan said…
See my latest entry! The real verdict comes tomorrow, but it's been a crappy few weeks.
God I'm out of shape too.
Serious butt-kicking hard work ahead my friend.
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