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...is not at all how I imagined it to be. When I saw other peoples posts, it sounded like a wonderful thing; a luxurious purple velvet chaise-lounge, attended by two Tom Hiddleston lookalikes to attend to my every whim, waft my body with palm fronds and feed me Turkish delight...

The reality is though it's just crap. I bust my knee jiving at Zumba on Wednesday and so far the I/C has mainly involved me doing everything I would normally (work, housework, slave to my teenager) with copious amounts of ibuprofen and ice packs and not being able to run. I'm trying to rest it to be ready for tomorrows parkrun, but it's not looking good.

Still, there's always wine :o)

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Celtprof profile image
CeltprofGraduate

Yep, it's rubbish and you don't even get any sympathy because it's self inflicted! Hope you feel better soon and are back out there!x

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ButchdingleGraduate

This has made me giggle, though I don't think Tom Hiddleston would have the same affect on me.

Why would you want to run when you have a nice warm fire and a bottle of red to entertain you for the evening oh and I would have thought a load of the white stuff outside.

in reply toButchdingle

Nope, the chardonnay is in the fridge, obvs! 😉

Oldfloss profile image
OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Have to say Pam.. that IC looks wonderful, please may I join you...minus the knee....:)

Seriously...poor you...my knee is twinging when i think of you! Rest up.. go steadily.. offload some house-work onto your erstwhile teenager... :)

Be sensible.... and BIG HUGSxxx

PS 

Expect me over the weekend! :)

in reply toOldfloss

Aww, that would be nice 😊 xx

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate in reply to

x:)

Oldfloss profile image
OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Also... How did our chairs get into your sitting room ????

in reply toOldfloss

Ok, confession time, not my lounge, not my chairs! I took this at the b&b I stayed at when ai did Snowdon, I was the only person in the whole place, it was fab 😊 x

Oldfloss profile image
OldflossAdministratorGraduate in reply to

Wow... lovely.. it looks super... but  ...well.. how did they get our chairs!!!!! :)

Digger74 profile image
Digger74Graduate

Your injury couch is still so so much nicer than the one I imagine. In my head it's a bench, not a couch, a low wooden bench in a hall lit by fluorescent strip lighting. And you get very dilute squash to drink.  So it could be worse. Mend soon!

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Son1Graduate

Hope you're okay, looks like a lovely fire to sit in front of but hope you're up and about again soon.

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IannodaTruffeMentor

Be patient. Don't rush to get out running again until you are completely ready. Otherwise you risk heading back to the bench.

This advice is coming from a very unfit runner who has been struggling with non running related injuries for several months and is fed up with the splintery hard wooden bench and the cold tiled floor. Oh for a chaise longue!!

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poppypugGraduate in reply toIannodaTruffe

Oh IannodaTruffe  , I am so sorry to hear this :-( I was wondering the other day how you were as you seemed to have gone a bit quiet , hope you feel better soon xxx

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IannodaTruffeMentor in reply topoppypug

Thanks for the thoughts Pops. I have been dropping in the odd thoughts from time to time, but it is so easy to feel  like a fraud when you are not running yourself.

First run for over a couple of weeks, some time tomorrow. Just a gentle jog round my home C25k course, for old times sake. Caution will be my ever present partner for several weeks, I suspect.

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poppypugGraduate in reply toIannodaTruffe

Take care Ianno, its really good to see you on here . I miss you dispensing your words of wisdom :-)

 Its not a running injury then ? xxx

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IannodaTruffeMentor in reply topoppypug

Thanks, Pops. I pulled my back moving a heavy sawbench in January, just after I got over a bad virus over Christmas and had just got back to regular running, when it recurred a couple of weeks ago. I don't think running aggravated it, so will start again tomorrow, with a long haul to get back to where I was at the end of last year. Hence my advice to be patient.

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poppypugGraduate in reply toIannodaTruffe

Oooh that sounds so painful , just when you were trying to get over a virus too .....

They can really make you feel drained cant they and take some getting over :-(

Hope all goes well tomorrow, take care and please let us know how you go on xxx

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Rignold

No, no, the IC is in no way a comfy place. It is an austere, ergonomocally unsound thing in an unappealing shade of grey that we got from a former Soviet freight airport. It's not supposed to encourage you to stay.

That's enough wine btw. In the glass. You may have another small glass next week if you rehabilitate well. And I am not even going to ask what those beige things in that bowl are. Just because we have injured our knee does not mean our entire alimentary system works in a different way suddenly. Begone salted snacks!

in reply toRignold

Don't worry Rignold, both the salted snacks and the wine have been long gone 😊

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jojo57Graduate in reply toRignold

You sound just like a matron I used to work for!  :-)

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JaySeeSkinnyGraduate

You're getting well and truly told off - aren't you? No, IC is horrible / but you've got to make the best of it, because you've got no choice. Sitting on a horrible hard, splintery bench in a grey room is not going to make your knee better, is it? So go you, enjoy your little luxury and ignore Rignold! 

You might regret it when you get back running though!

davelinks profile image
davelinksGraduate

What a bad example!😉 drinking at 6am!? If in UK 😀 hope knee improves soon!

poppypug profile image
poppypugGraduate

Ha ha Pam , Love it ! :-)

Nowt wrong in making yourself comfy on there . If youre on it you might as well make your stay as comfortable as possible !

Oh Zumba , isn't it fab ? Well it is when youre not wrecking your knee :-)  I love it , heres a little song just for you , you can do it on one leg :-)

youtube.com/watch?v=HMqgVXS...

Have fun ! :-) xxx

in reply topoppypug

I've only just been able to view this! Thank you, we dance to this song (tho I'm not convinced I look quite like they do), I love it :o)

ps it's hubbys new favourite clip, dirty perv that he is ;o)

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poppypugGraduate in reply to

Ha ha ! Me neither ! It's a brilliant choon isn't it ?   A proper Zumba anthem :-) xxx

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misswobbleGraduate

What a laugh this thread is! 😊  Poor old Pam.  Here's us having a titter over your knee debacle.   Still you have to laugh don't you.  Digger, that sounds like a nightmare indeed!

I hope you're feeling better for your enforced rest.  Rig is right about salty snacks. Baaaad news for inflamed tissue (spoken in doom laden tones) 

My WW leader entreats us to "beware the beige buffet" 😊

in reply tomisswobble

OLD Pam?? Er, rude! How very dare you?!

Ullyrunner profile image
UllyrunnerGraduate

Aww no. Maybe you just haven't found the right IC?

Bundoodle profile image
BundoodleGraduate

Just as I was thinking the IC didn't look so bad you lot piled in and ruined it.  I just hope I don't get injured!!

Charming! Poor wounded little soldier me, only a bottle of wine and some salted snacks to help me through 😉 x

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Rignold

Rignold Doolittle: "Yes, Lord love you. Why should she die of zumba knee, when she come through shin splints right enough the year before? Fairly blue with it she was. They all thought she was dead. But JaySeeSkinny, she kept ladling red wine and crisps down her throat. Then she come to so sudden she bit the bowl right off the spoon.

Poppypug: "Dear me!"

Rignold Doolittle: "Now, what call would a woman with that strength in her have to die of zumba knee? And what become of her new straw hat that should have come to me?""

in reply toRignold

Ha! "You ought to be stuffed full of nails, you oughta!"

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poppypugGraduate in reply toRignold

Ha ha Rig ! :-) Love it ! :-) xxx

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boptillyoudrop49Graduate

Two Tom Hiddleston lookalikes is just being greedy. Hope that knee sorts itself out soon Pam. In the meantime the trick is to get the household running around after you. This is what the IC is for, you're getting it all wrong.

Big-Andy profile image
Big-AndyGraduate

Hope that knee recovers soon. Running without my stalker is just not the same! xx

Oldfloss profile image
OldflossAdministratorGraduate

How you doing? x

in reply toOldfloss

I'm fine and dandy thank you Lady F! Went for a really good run yesterday and just trying to resist the sunny evening and go out for another! Xx

Oldfloss profile image
OldflossAdministratorGraduate in reply to

Glad you are up and running again!

You take it steady..one of us pushing ourselves, ( me by getting lost...and having to run further than intended in one day...or  you if you miss a rest day...)... is quite enough! :)

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jojo57Graduate

Oh Pam - you have my sympathy!  Hope you will be up and about and at'em again really soon x

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