The Good news is: I’m gonna live :-)
I know what you think, ‘of course she’s gonna live no one dies from a little sore knee’. But hey, people went to see their doctors with far minor things and never made it back. So the fact that I’m not gonna die from this qualifies as good news :-)
OK, getting serious now. The actually good news is that there is no permanent damage in my knee. It’s just a little stress fracture from too much running, especially running a lot downhill. The physio recommended to not run at all until the event next weekend to give it as much time to heal as possible. She also showed me some stretches and recommended cooling the knee and taking some anti-inflammatory. She massaged the knee muscles and I’ll be going back next week for some more of that. As far as workout goes she said I should do my normal gym work out just skipped those exercises that put stress on the knee and for cardio I could cycle or swim/aqua jogging. As the later requires a bathing suit and I’m not really comfortable with that yet I think I will go for cycling :-)
The bad news is: I will, most likely feel pain during the half marathon. Even if everything heals exceptionally fast within the next week, the stress of running 21km will make it worth again and will cause pain. I hope I’ll be able to do about 10km before the pain comes back but then I’ll just have to deal with it. The Physio said there is no risk of any permanent damage at this stage so she says it’s OK if I ‘ignore’ the pain and keep running. However, she said I should try to avoid running downhill too much. NOW, that is a problem! I can’t really run uphill because, well I just can’t, and I can’t run downhill because it will hurt! Given that this is Auckland that doesn’t leave much of the course. The last 4.5km are flat, but by then I will probably already be in pain anyway. Not quite sure yet how I’m gonna deal with this. I guess I will just see what happens and how it all goes.
So overall it probably could be much worth and I’m really glad that there is nothing permanently damaged. But at the same time this just really sucks! A half marathon is tough enough on its own, I really didn’t need this to make it even harder. Now I’m gonna spend all week worrying whether my knee will be alright and whether I will be in a lot of pain. I’m gonna try my best to just ignore it but knowing me, that is not really gonna work :-)
Oh Lisa, I do feel sorry for you. I know how hard this kind of pain can be. So I do cross my fingers for you and your knee. Anywa<y it is good, that you don't have to be afraid of longer lasting damages in your knee. And it all seems that you are very well prepared for the half marathon. So perhaps the break in trainig or at least the reduction may be just the right thing to make your training program perfect.
ReplyDeleteYou really can be proud of yourself, nevermind how it all will work out. But I will keep my fingers crossed that it will end fine and personally successful for you, what ever it may look like.
Keep your knee cool and your head up.
Love from Schwelm
your aunt Me
It really sucks that after all that training you won't be able to enjoy the race at its best but it is really good news that at least you can do it!!
ReplyDeleteFrom the training perspective you do not need to worry at all! The last couple of weeks are nothing but resting so the real hard work is already done. Cheers for that!!!