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October 04, 2004
Injured
Well I am definitely injured. I hadn't run for a week when I went to the Race for the Cure to pace my friend M in the competitive 5k. We jogged around for 6 minutes, then lined up for the race. We ran the first mile in 8:05, which felt fine (it was all uphill). Then my knee started to hurt. A lot. I don't want to brag about toughness or anything but I have run through some pain in my life and this was the worst. I have no idea exactly what is wrong - I'm having this weird pain on the outside of my knee that hurts A LOT when I run but doesn't hurt when I do anything else.
I have a call in to my PT so hopefully I can get in, although since I'm only in town on Fridays that might be difficult. If I can get in sometime I'll try to make it work, because I don't know what else to do. I firmly believe that most doctors don't know what they are doing and don't understand runners.
So hopefully it will get better soon. Until then, I am joining a gym out here in NJ, going to lots of yoga, swimming, and mountain biking. I will try to update although it's kind of depressing to write about not running!
In other news it was a fun weekend although flying to NJ on Sundays is really wearing on me, I feel like my weekends are so short. This week I have some fun plans - going to yoga tonight, Manhattan tomorrow, and hopefully something fun on Wednesday, maybe going shopping or just working out more.
Being injured is no fun, being in Jersey all week is no fun, but I'm trying to have a positive attitude. So here goes = Woo Hoo! Oh I am feeling positive already!
Posted by barb at October 4, 2004 08:14 AM
Comments
Rest, rest, rest, if you can stand it, from running anyways! People's bodies recover so differently from marathons... In my last marathon, I got injured on the outside of my left knee, a torn ligament from 1 mis-step during the race (just rolling my ankle a bit, a move that wouldn't even hurt if I had been on a training run with unfatigued legs). It was difficult for me to even realize I was injured beyond the normal "everything aches" after-marathon phenomenon. Anyhow, even if your body feels good, there may be some connective tissues that are still weak and fatigued from your marathon. Take care! Meghan
Posted by: Meghan at October 4, 2004 08:59 AM
Ditto what Meghan said. Your knee will thank you for it. I definitely know how frustrating it is to not be running. Good luck, I hope your knee gets better soon. :)
Posted by: Leilani at October 4, 2004 10:04 AM
If it _is_ your IT band, one way to tell is that bending your knee will hurt, therefore kicking while you swim will hurt. If any of that cross training hurts, don't do it! I tried to come back too quickly after my last marathon (I took one week off, and that wasn't enough) and I ended up having to take two more weeks of _complete_ rest to get rid of my marathon-related injury. So just be careful. You're in good shape and you have a great excuse to take it easy right now. If you're easy on yourself now, you will probably be back to running in no time.
And regarding being in New Jersey all week, at least you're not in Dallas! Maybe you should go splurge on some makeup...
Posted by: Alison at October 4, 2004 11:06 AM