The universe is conspiring against me

[hjgibson]

You know when you have a day where the universe isn’t rooting for you? After the whole trainer fiasco (see previous post), I went to the gym, lifted weights for 45mins then went to the treadmill. Got through the warm up walk but as soon as the run hit, on came the knee pain! I figure it’s because I’m hyper aware that not having the right shoe could lead to injury after my gait analysis yesterday. So I quit halfway through and I’ve decided to hold off on running again until my new shoes arrive. Surprisingly, the runs weren’t as bad today as W2R1.

Was the universe trying to stop you from running today?

[Tasha99 Graduate]

It’s trying to stop me in general #kneepain

[hjgibson Graduate in reply to Tasha99]

Knee pain sucks! Hopefully we both get through it

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to hjgibson]

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Folk find these really helpful

[sigasiga Graduate]

Yes it was - my usual route was flooded! Found another one though and completed the run.

[hjgibson Graduate in reply to sigasiga]

Typical! Glad you managed to finish it though

[Notsobigdoug]

Maybe just do cardio on run days and weights on rest days.

[hjgibson Graduate in reply to Notsobigdoug]

That’s what I usually do! But I was only working my upper body so it wasn’t hurting my knee at all. Don’t know what happened!

[RainbowC Graduate]

Absolutely - but today I beat the universe! Lack of sleep, really erratic eating over the weekend, leggings which were trying to work their way down, lost glasses... and yet I still won!

[hjgibson Graduate in reply to RainbowC]

Hey, good for you! Glad you didn’t let the universe get you down 👍

[Tbae]

Good for you, your running brain is coming to your party also.🌟👏👏

Good decision, impressed with the weights.🌟👏👏

[Rammy75]

Try these exercises, they helped me after a niggle. You need to buy a mini resistance band (cheap enough online).

marathontrainingacademy.com...

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

No it was just mud with me.... well done you