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Back again

Hope you are all well.

I've been lurking around for a while and I'm running again.

I had started up after my meniscus and tibia injuries, then, stupid me, I fell and hurt my knee again.

So I started C25K again on the treadmill (if my knee starts swelling I'll not have far to go and it's pollen season anyway). It's going well and my knee is holding up. I'm not pushing speed (positively snailing it), but I'm happy that I'm not having too many problems so far (fingers crossed). My HM from April 2020 was postponed until this September - I'll see how far I get - I would love to give it a go, but I'm not going to risk any damage if my knee starts swelling again.

On the plus side, our curfew has been pushed back to 7pm and will go back to 9pm this week, so I'll be able to get out once all goes well.

BIT

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Maddee_6333Graduate10

Snailing is good 😍Hope your knee behaves itself 🤞

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply toMaddee_6333

Thanks Maddee - hope all is well with you!

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Maddee_6333Graduate10 in reply tobackintime

I’m currently redoing C25K very slowly myself 👍

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply toMaddee_6333

It's good that you're running again too!

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over61andstilltryingGraduate10

Very pleased to read this. 😊

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply toover61andstilltrying

Thank you! Hope you are well.

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over61andstilltryingGraduate10 in reply tobackintime

Yes thank you, I am well and running. You may recollect like you I was injured including meniscus tear and fibula fracture among other problems. Here's to running without your knee swelling up in protest either during the run or after. 😊🏃🏻‍♀️

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply toover61andstilltrying

I'll drink to that - water of course :D

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Sandie1961Graduate10

Hello! Welcome back. You have had a tough time haven’t you. Still, everything is finally starting to look a bit more promising. Can’t wait to get back to France but we’re going to wait another few weeks and see how it goes!

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply toSandie1961

has Brexit affected how long you can stay?

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Sandie1961Graduate10 in reply tobackintime

Yes 🥲 Only 90 days in 180 if we don’t want the hassle and expense of a long stay visa!

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply toSandie1961

boo

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply toSandie1961

I was just thinking, can you claim Irish nationality at all? (or any other EU country?)

I have dual nationality (Dad was born and raised in Dublin) and I am here on my Irish passport, so no need for any visa or residence permit

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Sandie1961Graduate10 in reply tobackintime

Sadly not! 100% English blood for as far back as I’ve been able to trace my family tree 😂

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply toSandie1961

Shame!

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CBDBGraduate10

Slow is good. And repeating C25k is great!

Slow runs certainly for me results in gorgeously happy runs and almost no time on the injury couch. (I have had knee niggles, so am ultra patient with building up strength)

From my own running journey from 0 to 10k over 12 months, I think I learned that - as our aerobic fitness improves so much faster than our bones, ligaments, tendons, joints and muscles, we need to be very patient with increasing our training.

My experience is that our bodies have a tendency to “feel“ more fit (due to our aerobic fitness) than is good for us, as our skeletal and tendon frame is still catching up by growing stronger.

So in my book, having patience with your running journey, both on individual runs and on training plans, is probably the best thing to keep injuries down.

(And obviously cross training)

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply toCBDB

I totally agree, and my journey from C25K was slow and sure with no running injuries at all!

My tibia and meniscus injury, plus my fall, were (fortunately?) completely unrelated to running. The first happened on a train during the strikes when everyone was jammed in like sardines and my body got pushed but my foot/knee couldn't really follow. I started back up slowly and was up at 3-4km again and then had a fall walking the dogs in the dark (lots of those little driveway stones were on the road - think cartoon leg pedalling...which hurt my knee and elbow).

My "rehab" was also influenced by our lockdowns here (initially no more than 1km from home, then 5km from home, which removed many of my nice "safe" running routes along the river which are nice and gentle on my knee as opposed to tarmac.

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CBDBGraduate10 in reply tobackintime

Ouch 🤕! Overcrowded trains in the UK at the time made me so angry at the gov’t. It just shouldn’t exist. So really sorry to read yours even caused a injury, one that kept you from running!! 😡😡😡😡

So well done for rehab-ing. slow and steady!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10

How nice to see you back BIT. 😀 Here’s to you building back up fully, and fingers crossed for your HM in September. 🤞

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply tocheekychipmunks

Thanks CCM - hope all is well with you

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OldgirlrunsGraduate10

Welcome back BIT! As you know, we love a snail here so you crack on! And good luck with the prep for your HM!

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply toOldgirlruns

Hi OGR, how are you?

I'm not going to force my knee for the HM, but I would love to get there *fingers crossed*

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GoGo_JoJoGraduate10

Fantastic news (not the fall, the being back!) 👍🏻😁

🤞🏻 for your HM and progress 🤞🏻

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply toGoGo_JoJo

Hiya JoJo

I hope you are well - still rolling out marathons for the fun of it ?

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GoGo_JoJoGraduate10 in reply tobackintime

Not for a while, but working my way back up there. Back to 20s, hopefully 30 by end of October 🤞🏻🤣

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Couchpotato2

Well done bit! Keep at it and I'm sure you'll get there. I'm doing the NHS Knee exercises for runners (plus some ankle stuff). I realise that they are (boring) essential for me

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

You have returned well and keeping it gentle on your knee

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backintimeGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

Thanks, it's holding up well so far, got another run ticked off at lunch time, I'll get back somehow!

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