Well we got our email reminder from G-O-A-L-S to register for the Krista which is a 50 mile race at hawk mountain. (one of our favorites).
My plan was to work hard this year and try to get us in contention for a top 10 or podium finish. then Disney happened. My previous post.
So, today I am 12 pounds heaver then the target I set for myself 5 months ago, I am 2 minutes per mile slower.... but the good news is I don't feel any pain in my knee.
that's right, tonight I ran 2miles in around 17:30, Iced my knees after, mowed the lawn and did not feel any pain. I am running in new, lighter shoes and taking preventative Advil to reduce any swelling.
Tomorrow I will go out for a quick road ride, depending on how I feel, I may run another 2 miles
Friday or Sat.
I plan to make the call on if I think my knees can finish the Krista w/o getting injured. (I am sure I can finish the Krista, but a what cost? I don't want to put the Blackbeard and Edge in jeopardy by rushing into a 50 miler.)
stay tuned for updates...
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08 July 2008
25 June 2008
Quick Update
Folks,
My knee really hurt during my last Disney trip.... too much early running and walking through the parks on flat cheap sandals.
During our last race (SOAR) my knee was acting up, in fact when my bike broke and we made it a one speed with 5.5 hours left to ride, I really chewed up my knee. I over drove the gear I was in (middle middle) on climbs, lots of out of the saddle, I was smoked and the knee was barkin'. (more on that later). The knee was so miserable that I only trotted / walked on our last 1.5 mile foot movement uphill to the rappel at the end of the day.
I could not move it much the next day on the way back home.
I have not run since the race.
Today I saw an Ortho.... very nice. Got some X rays...
His diagnosis was 'Classic Tendinitis, predisposed to it by my knee bone structure'. (thank god)
He said my knee caps are misaligned and I am prone to this condition. [Evidently my self medicating Tylenol 800mg about every hour during marches and field maneuvers kept the swelling down in my former life. :)]
He gave me a shot of cortisone, claiming I have a 50% chance of the shot working.
He told me to rest the knee; ice it when done working out; take advil, and gently ease back into training.
I see him 6 AUG for followup, but he believes I can race at the end of AUG.
He and John recommended I consider using ellipticals...
what a sigh of relief.. I was worried I would have some kind of 'real' problem.
My knee really hurt during my last Disney trip.... too much early running and walking through the parks on flat cheap sandals.
During our last race (SOAR) my knee was acting up, in fact when my bike broke and we made it a one speed with 5.5 hours left to ride, I really chewed up my knee. I over drove the gear I was in (middle middle) on climbs, lots of out of the saddle, I was smoked and the knee was barkin'. (more on that later). The knee was so miserable that I only trotted / walked on our last 1.5 mile foot movement uphill to the rappel at the end of the day.
I could not move it much the next day on the way back home.
I have not run since the race.
Today I saw an Ortho.... very nice. Got some X rays...
His diagnosis was 'Classic Tendinitis, predisposed to it by my knee bone structure'. (thank god)
He said my knee caps are misaligned and I am prone to this condition. [Evidently my self medicating Tylenol 800mg about every hour during marches and field maneuvers kept the swelling down in my former life. :)]
He gave me a shot of cortisone, claiming I have a 50% chance of the shot working.
He told me to rest the knee; ice it when done working out; take advil, and gently ease back into training.
I see him 6 AUG for followup, but he believes I can race at the end of AUG.
He and John recommended I consider using ellipticals...
what a sigh of relief.. I was worried I would have some kind of 'real' problem.
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