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Dammit!
All I wanted to do was an easy, long run on the TM tonight, right? OK...So I'm taking a nice, easy pace of 9:41 and had planned for 10 miles. The plan was for 10 miles tonight, tomorrow off, 6 miles on Thursday and then no running until my HM on Sunday. So what happens? at 6 miles I suddenly develop a fairly sharp pain on the outside of my left knee. I "throttle down" to a walking pace of 4mph I make it to 6.25 and I stop.
I honestly don't know what happened and now I'm worried. I have full mobility, no swelling, and I can put full weight on it, but there is definite pain. I popped some naprosyn and I'm praying it's only temporary and I'll wake up fine in the morning. Being a noob I was wondering if some of you veterans have experienced an instance such as this and what did you do?
I'm hoping I'll be pain free tomorrow so I can do my long run tomorrow, a short run Thursday, and then rest until my HM. Any advice/suggestions and/or experience is much appreciated. TIA folks.
ITB?
Ice it and stretch. If you have a foam roller, roll it out from your knee to the hip. Consider skipping the Thursday run or making it just an easy 2-3 miles.
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Kewlness. My wife still has the ice wrap from her ACL Therapy...I think I'll strap that bad dog on right now. Muchas gracias. I do hope to get one more run in before the HM, but I'll be running it even if I don't...provided I'm pain free.
If your goal is to make it through the 1/2 marathon, I think you'll be fine. I had some knee problems in college, and I ran through them for 2 weeks during the CC season. I raced really well, on the first one, and my knee was still sore but manageable. Then I pushed it through a second week of workouts and then raced again. It was another good race, but my knee was fried for over a month after it. Be careful with that knee!
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Thanks, and I will most definitely be taking care of it. Ya know...At 53, I've never had knee problems, and I've hacked squatted some damn heavy weight (1100lbs for a Personal Best back in my 30s). Never had problems when lifting, but running! Wow...Running is tough on the body. Since I've started running, I've developed a newly found respect and admiration for runners. I tell my lifting friends that if they really want to "push" their bodies...they should try running on a regular basis.
ITB? Ice it and stretch. If you have a foam roller, roll it out from your knee to the hip. Consider skipping the Thursday run or making it just an easy 2-3 miles.
So last night I took your advice to heart. I took some naprosyn, iced my knee, stretched..and this morning my knee feels fine. From the pain I was feeling last night I really was worried I had hurt myself rather badly and wouldn't be able to do my HM this weekend. I still think I'm going to rest today and then a short run tomorrow...**sigh** I wanted a long run in before my half, but I don't want to risk it so close now. Regardless, I know I'll finish.
Thanks for the advice my friend, it really helped.
So last night I took your advice to heart. I took some naprosyn, iced my knee, stretched..and this morning my knee feels fine. From the pain I was feeling last night I really was worried I had hurt myself rather badly and wouldn't be able to do my HM this weekend. I still think I'm going to rest today and then a short run tomorrow...**sigh** I wanted a long run in before my half, but I don't want to risk it so close now. Regardless, I know I'll finish. Thanks for the advice my friend, it really helped.
Does sound like it could be ITB related, and I think it's a good idea to take today off. I've had trouble with mine on two separate occasions (including right now, blah) and ITBS can be a persistent PITA.
The first time, I went from fine to injured in a split second in the middle of a run - just got a shooting pain in my knee and had to stop. This time, it has come on much more gradually - it started with mild soreness and got a bit worse, but I have been able to run through it by taking good care of it with ice/foam rolling/etc. Really, I only have half a darn week of training in this marathon program before I get to my taper.
Since this is my second go round with it, I'm actually seeing a PT on Friday. I have to figure out the root cause of the injury and hopefully will get something to help me through the race.
My wildly inconsistent PRs:
5k: 24:36 (10/20/12)
10k: 52:01 (4/28/12)
HM: 1:50:09 (10/27/12)
Marathon: 4:19:11 (10/2/2011)
Does sound like it could be ITB related, and I think it's a good idea to take today off. I've had trouble with mine on two separate occasions (including right now, blah) and ITBS can be a persistent PITA. The first time, I went from fine to injured in a split second in the middle of a run - just got a shooting pain in my knee and had to stop.
The first time, I went from fine to injured in a split second in the middle of a run - just got a shooting pain in my knee and had to stop.
That's exactly how it happened to me. There I was running along at a nice easy pace thinking about how I'm feeling good and gonna hit 10 miles and then....WHAM....pain. Today I feel fine and it's awfully hard to "force" myself not to run, ya know?
Happy to help. Have a good race.
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