Rude Awakening
Apr15201011 a.m.
I haven't gone out and done any running since the 11th March. The reason for this was I was running 2-3 times a week and was very happy with my progress when all of a sudden out of the blue I encountered knee problems. In fact after the last time I ran my right knee gave out in a rather spectacular way at work in the afternoon. I was walking with two collegues collecting my tea when I felt a pain in my right knee and it gave way. I think I squealed with the pain and knocked over a spinner stand of cards much to the horror of my friends. And then the pain was gone. So I thought to myself "hmmm I'll have to keep an eye on that and maybe talk to the sports therapist I visit". The following days the pain would appear and disappear at the most inappropriate times. So I sought advice and was told that I needed to strengthen the muscles in my leg as the pain was from the knee cap not being supported properly or something like that. No more running for a month just visits to the gym was the order of the day.
I will admit I've been a little haphazard with the gym visits, I've been trying to go twice a week but so far have only managed once a week. The good news is though that there is no more knee pain so I assume that I must be doing something right.
In the meantime I've been in a sort of bubble still thinking that there was a couple of months until the RFL so loads of time to prepare. I'll also admit that I've been eating far too much for just one gym visit a week. The rude awakening came yesterday. Firstly I was checking the calender to see what I had planned for May, when I turned the page over it hit me that the RFL was right at the start of June! After a frantic count back I discovered I only have 6 weeks until then, oh crap! Definately a double effort needed at the gym that afternoon. The second rude awakening happened at the gym. Like a fool I thought I should check my weight, the last time I'd weighed myself was January when to my delight I'd found out I hadn't put any weight on over Christmas and New Year. You know what's coming? To my horror I'd gained 6 pounds! That'll teach me for snacking on stuff that I just fancy and not waiting until I'm hungry.
The next 6 weeks training plan is....
1. Visit the gym once a week
2. Get my sorry backside out and go running 1-2 times a week depending on what the knee agrees to.
3. Stop eating crap.
Wish me luck.
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eclipse 'Chris I also suffered really bad knee issues and my physio told me to strengthen my quads, I did and now no longer have knee problems. I didn't do any squats as I found these really hurt the knees, just leg curls and cross training plus a little bike. Trust me it really does help, it is not an overnight fix but you can see the difference in a month or two depending on how much you work the quads. Good luck' added 15th Apr 2010
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lightweightmick 'Try to avoid roads and running on treadmill is hard on knees see if you can work out some off-road routes instead, cheers - good luck, lwm' added 15th Apr 2010
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Skye_Trekker 'Hi. Hope you have resolved the knee problem and can get out running again. Enjoy the RFL training!' added 15th Apr 2010
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emmteeyess 'Good to see you back blogging - Some biking might help the strengthen the knee (have to say my left knee is my achilles heel - ha! - if that makes sense) Take care, hope you get to the start (and finish) of RFL ok. Cheers, MTS' added 17th Apr 2010
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