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.
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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. 😊🏃🏻♀️
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!
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.
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.
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!! 😡😡😡😡
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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A mean Dr, some upset and...
...but sometimes it's all ok :o)
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