Tag: injury

I’ve decided to hang up my running shoes for a while.

I went for a run last Saturday and Sunday and, whilst I enjoyed them and the post run buzz as the endorphins kicked in, my knee has been hurting ever since. So I think I need to give it a good length of time to rest and recover and have made the decision to not now run until at least the start of the Easter hols (beginning Friday 26th March). So even if it my knee feels 100%, I shan’t run before then, to give it plenty of time to recover. (And if its still not feeling 100% by then, I won’t run.)

I’ll still do some refereeing and I’ll still do plenty of swimming – probably do a bit more swimming to compensate – but the road running is put on hold.  I think that it is the impact of foot on road that is causing the problems, so hopefully by not running on the road it will make a full recovery.

Knee is getting much better, but still not 100%

Back running, but only on the flat. Walked down to Strode before starting.  Was “aware” of my knee, but it didn’t hurt.  Feels fine now, post run.

Ran 6K in 30 mins – not bad. Bright and breezy – made the out bound leg easy, but running back into the wind was tough.  Heavy rain yesterday, river had burst it’s banks and flooded fields, which glistened in the sunlight, the tor standing proud in the distance.

When I injured my knee on 3rd of Jan, I think I did it quite a bit of damage. It hurt a lot, for some time, and for the last week of the hols I did no exercise and walked with a definite limp.

As time went on, it slowly improved – I found that it tended to feel better after swimming and I was able to referee a couple of football games, although on the first Thursday back at school it hurt like hell, a combination, I think, of refereeing the day before followed by going up and down stairs whilst on duty in Walton.

Anyway, its been getting better so I thought I would hit the road today and go for a shortish run.

Nearly turned back as soon as I got down the hill – it hurt – but the pain eased and I ran to the B&Q roundabout and back.  Glad I ran, the knee hurt at times, although feels fine know.  The real indicator will be how it feels later today.

The run itself wasn’t easy, either. Amazing how quickly your fitness drops off.

But at least I’m back in the saddle ….

In completing my 100K holiday challenge yesterday I seem to have knackered my knee.

I was about 5.5K into the run, just turning right off the levels lane when I “felt” my knee go a bit.  Kept on running, without too much problem, but as the day wore on it got more and more sore and immobile.

Now (next day) I have my strapping on – it is fine when in a comfy position, but hurts when I walk. No run today!

It is the left knee, hurts on the inner face.  Feels particularly knobbly and hurts a bit to the touch.

Hoping a few days rest soon sees it right.