Knee stiff today so I’m resting instead of running. Tomorrow too if it’s still like it. I’m wearing compression socks in the hopes they will help. I might wear them for my runs too and see if they stop the achey legs. Anyone know if they help knee swelling? If it’s still bad I will rest all week: I don’t want to as I’m missing the last bit of training before tapering, but I’ve invested all this training, over £50 entry fee, not to mention the money people have donated, so I will be gutted if I can’t do the race.
But I’m horrified at how fast sloth creeps back in. Me: I wonder if I COULD run today if I take it easy? Inner sloth: nah, dossing around and eating is a far better idea. Sloth is soon joined by his partner lethargy. It seems I need the discipline of a plan to keep me motivated. Me, the rebel who got expelled from school during A-levels for skiving off and lurking in the study room when I should have been in lessons (and giving the head a piece of my mind, but that’s another story!) ... who knew?!
So, watch this space. I really really REALLY want to do this half marathon!
Edit: my race number and drop off bag have arrived. Eek!
Oh Flick you have invested SO much time and effort into your training. Your grit and determination is second to none, and most mortals couldn’t/wouldn’t have stuck to your grueling plan. I’d certainly have strayed! 🙄
So take care of that knee. You have far too much invested in your running to jeopardise your HM now, and it sounds like you seriously want to do it. 🏃♀️
Rest up for a few days, then start your taper. You’re so close now! 👍🎉🏃♀️👊👏
Thank you, you’re right. If the swelling has gone I will do the end of the week, but otherwise not. It’s so annoying as it wasnt caused by running. If I knock the knee, it swells, and I’m forever knocking it. Normally I wouldn’t take too much notice, but these long slow runs really aggravate it. I might do the remaining runs at normal pace x
I will see how it goes. If at all possible, I don’t want to miss too much training. This is t ordinary fitness and I don’t want to go into a long race after a two week break. I shall see. The knee does this all the time and has done since I was 19. Total pain!
You're doing the right thing resting. Don't think of it as slothing but your body is repairing and getting stronger. You don't see it but all that work is going on underneath! Think of it as invisible training 🙂
At this stage, you'll have to trust your body and the running gods. You're ready to run the race and want to. That's most of the battle. The rest is out of your control so don't let it mess with your head at this stage xxx
Thank you, yes that all makes sense. Supplication to the running gods me thinks. That will be Atalanta and Hermes among others.
“The Atalanta story may reflect an older tradition of athletic, empowered free women on Crete choosing their own husbands and lovers. The earliest version of the Olympic Games was believed to come from Crete and may have been made up of all women athletes competing in honor of the ancient Minoan mother goddess.” Xxx
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Atalanta was my second choice forum name before I joined here! Yes she was a bit of a badass 💪💪 xxx
I think the socks are unlikely to help the knee but there are compression knee sleeves...? Have a couple of days, you're made of sterner stuff than you think 👍🏻😉
Thank you lovely. I often wonder what my life would have been like if I hadn’t fractured my femur and split my knee open as a young adult. But it is what it is - and tbh I’ve had fewer injuries than a lot of runners with two sound legs x
What ifs are futile, you may have ended up far worse off. You've done great, look at Fiona Oakes, she's acheived incredible feats with only one kneecap!!
Well, I think resting is a great idea - I would be very wary of running with any swelling dearest Flick. I totally understand your concerns of course (having been there done that very recently myself 😐), but think of it this way - you have done the bulk of the hard training now, and you are fit. A week off won’t change that, honest. I didn’t do any of my last week’s training runs as I was resting my ITB, but, I managed two of the short taper runs the week before. Of course I was anxious, missing my last long run, but as you know I made it around the HM course! With energy to spare!
I am thinking of you and rooting for you my lovely; hope that pesky knee swelling goes down soon. Keep up the yoga if you can to keep yourself nice and limber...
I’m being very good. Didn’t run today. I’m intrigued to see what happens to the runs if I miss one, whether my watch/app moves on to the next run or just pushes them all forward xxx
I think you will run and feel more comfortable running in compression socks tomorrow will help you with your running Flick, £50 entry fee is quite expensive, so I know that you will run it, you are a fighter, not a person who gives up easily.
That's news that you got expelled from school during A Levels😂o well, happy memories of school🏫days. 😊
Lovely Flick you do need to rest. And this morning's rain storm would not have been fun to run in. I like the rain but this was torrential! Although I would have preferred to run it than do the school walk in it lols!
I know what you mean about not wanting to miss training this close to the end but you want to run your race so rest now. I had to miss my longest long run and rest for a week to avoid really damaging my heel, and it doesn't seem to have lost me my fitness. I can't stay in zone 2... but I rarely could anyway lol. I got sloth like very quickly too however! And after a weeks rest I was way too eager to speed rather than go slow again! But at least I can run. Rest now so you can too.
I'm very jealous your race number has arrived! I've not had mine yet and it is getting close!! Xx
Ooh, I like running in torrential rain. I caught the end of more than one storm last year in Chippy. I remember, in my 30s, getting caught in torrential rain walking to a party (single parent at the time so didn’t get out much). I was wearing a strappy black cotton dress and sandals. I thought I looked a real babe, a total wild child with my long brown limbs and long wet hair, but when I got to the party everyone was rushing round offering me towels and dry clothes - lol, so much for vanity!
Tbh I think it is zone 2 that’s added insult to injury with the knee. It was pretty much recovered before my 1hr 50min zone two run on Sunday. I’m going to go at a faster pace for the rest of my runs (whenever they are).
Yes the number is here. There is still another race pack to come, with guides etc. Getting real 😯😳 xx
Lols. I love the rain for my curly hair! I like this wild side Flick, getting expelled from Alevels.... being a free spirit on a night out! 🥰
I don't blame you running faster on your next set of runs. I'm kinda done with zone 2 too now. My last long run is sposed to be 1hour in zone 2.... 😳😔 But it will save the legs I guess if I don't get too peeved with it first!
I read within our heartrate training that we are sposed to run runs at race pace closer to the run anyway. I definitely think you should try for zone 3 on your run. But yeah for now just rest as you need to and run as you want to. Xx
Flick - you are resting in order to be able to move on with your training, not turning in a sloth!🙂 You have put in the hours and worked so hard - a few days off will not make much difference. Please be kind to yourself lovely lady!🙂x
Thank you 😊❤️ I know myself, it’s too easy for me to slip back as I’m fundamentally lazy. I love running, I feel so much better when I’m active, but the little voice in my head whispers constantly, every day, about putting my feet up, raiding the fridge, vegging out. I adored my December streak, but the moment it was over I started giving myself excuses not to run. So much of running is frame of mind!
But rest I am. I hope I will be back out there soon. I’m fed up that I missed running in the rain today x
A while ago I posted some podcasts about how concentrating on your muscles even when you aren't physically using them, can make them stronger...it can't hurt right ?
i walk the dogs and I do yoga every day. Because of the nature of my injuries, unfortunately i have to be very careful which exercises I do. Absolute rest is what this knee needs right now. bum!
apparently you can just think about your muscles and get them stronger while you are on the IC - so rest your knee and think about the other muscles to keep them strong
but this isn't, it seems, just state of mind, it's mind changing body that is amazing, they have measured physical changes in the body after just mind exercises...I am by nature a bit skeptical but I will look more into it
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