More pain
5 miles in 40:24
Route: Lowestoft circuit 1
Somebody somewhere has it in for me. It’s taken me two months to get over the problem that I had in my left knee, slowly building it up again so that, today, I can say it is largely back to full strength. But now I have exactly the same problem in my right knee and I’m back to square one.
Today’s run was only 5 miles. It was the first time I’ve been out since the Berko half and I was dreading how my knee would feel. Sure enough, it was very painful and almost gave out completely in the last half mile.
I am in a difficult position. The marathon is 6 weeks tomorrow and I should be doing my hardest training over the next three weeks. At the moment, I am struggling to run 5 miles.
Tomorrow could be make or break day. I am going to attempt a long, slow run – ideally up to 15 miles. I’m not sure if I will be able to make it – today’s effort seems to suggest I won’t make it around half of that – but I am determined to try. I need to be doing these long runs if I am going to get around the full marathon and I need to push my knee to strengthen it again.
I have an appointment with the osteopath on Wednesday. I have iced my knee and it feels better. I did 13.1 miles last weekend and my knee held out. These are the things I have to hold on to if I am going to get through yet another injury.
No one said it was going to be easy.
Route: Lowestoft circuit 1
Somebody somewhere has it in for me. It’s taken me two months to get over the problem that I had in my left knee, slowly building it up again so that, today, I can say it is largely back to full strength. But now I have exactly the same problem in my right knee and I’m back to square one.
Today’s run was only 5 miles. It was the first time I’ve been out since the Berko half and I was dreading how my knee would feel. Sure enough, it was very painful and almost gave out completely in the last half mile.
I am in a difficult position. The marathon is 6 weeks tomorrow and I should be doing my hardest training over the next three weeks. At the moment, I am struggling to run 5 miles.
Tomorrow could be make or break day. I am going to attempt a long, slow run – ideally up to 15 miles. I’m not sure if I will be able to make it – today’s effort seems to suggest I won’t make it around half of that – but I am determined to try. I need to be doing these long runs if I am going to get around the full marathon and I need to push my knee to strengthen it again.
I have an appointment with the osteopath on Wednesday. I have iced my knee and it feels better. I did 13.1 miles last weekend and my knee held out. These are the things I have to hold on to if I am going to get through yet another injury.
No one said it was going to be easy.
posted by Jonathan @ 6:32 PM
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