My knees are uncomfortable.

[ScottishHoosier]

I've completed Week 4 Runs 1 and 2. After Run 1 my right knee bothered me a bit, it was below the knee, to the inside. I presumed it was a tendon. It wasn't painful, just a niggle. Then after Run 2 that knee bothered me again. This was higher up, I think just under the knee cap, which sounds suspicionsly of possible cartilage problems. I iced it and took an ibuprofen. That was yesterday morning.

Since yesterday afternoon, my other knee just under the knee cap is bothering me. I'd like to do Run 3 tomorrow and carry on with the program. I feel I've been doing really well and want to not slip. But I don't want to damage my knees.

Any advice? I took ibuprofen this morning, and will probably take one in a little while.

[ScottishHoosier Graduate]

This is very frustrating! I can't see the answer someone has written. I've tried several different things, and I am logged in. Just can't see the answer.

[Mitts Graduate]

It was maybe one of these spam posts which admin delete, ScottishHoosier. And your question is very difficult, it sounds as if you might need to rest a bit and see how your knees feel in a day or two. I certainly wouldn't run with anything more than a minor niggle. I've done that (run with a minor knee niggle) and it's always been fine, but how to tell if what you have is just an ache or something more??

Wish you all the best, anyway - let us know how you get on! xx

[ScottishHoosier Graduate]

Thank you, Mitts! That makes sense about the spam.

I went and did W4R3 this morning. I had a few niggles here and there, but no pain. I tried to ice it after I got back in, but didn't manage more than five minutes a time because I had to get the kids ready for school and get myself ready to take my daughter there. The walk there and back (1/2 mile each way) again had a few niggles, but after I got back, I iced it properly for perhaps 20 minutes. Hasn't niggled again since, but I've only walked short distances inside the house. I won't run again until Monday morning at the earliest. Hopefully the rest will sort it out.

[Mitts Graduate]

Great, that doesn't sound like anything too serious! And now you've got the murderously difficult and incredibly horrible W4 behind you. I found the longer runs much easier on the legs than I'd been expecting, except W8R2, but that was my fault for going about half of it on roads tho' I'd been advised to stick to soft tracks.

Have a good rest over the weekend!

[ScottishHoosier Graduate]

Ta!!

[BettyJane Graduate]

I've had niggly/dodgy knees for a few years now. I've been doing exercises to strengthen the muscles around my knees, after a series of physio appointments.

I've been wearing knees supports (stretchy elastic type from chemists or sports shops) since about week 4 of C25K, and now they don't bother be on a run, but I do feel them creating on the stairs after a run, but they're usually ok the following day.

[ScottishHoosier Graduate]

I had thought of supports. I wear ankle supports fairly often when my fallen arches flare up. I almost always have inserts in my shoes for the fallen arches, but sometimes it flares up anyhow.