Knees
I’ve run into the first setback with my marathon training. Last weekend I did a 13-mile long run and while I actually felt fine during the run, two days later, on one of my weekly runs my left knee started giving me some grief and has been problematic ever since. I had left my good shoes at circus and so had done the run in my old running shoes, which I think is mostly where I went wrong. It’s mainly when I’m going downhill that it seems to flare up, but if I don’t pull back (or stop completely) it hurts like hell and I can barely walk, let alone run. So we’ll see I guess. I’m going to take it easy and scale back on the miles fairly significantly until it gets better. I was feeling really good about sticking to my plan up until this point, and it would be a bummer if my knee doesn’t start feeling better. Better to undertrain than overtrain, I guess.
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October 31st, 2007 at 5:08 pm
hey dre,
i know this is general, but it might provide some insight on your injury. i pulled it from a sports training site (i;ve decided to train for a triathalon) . it might provide you with some insight
“As an aside, a doctor told me that in a study of several cadavers, many of them pure distance runners, that the biggest cause of joint degeneration or problems IS NOT caused by distance running itself BUT by improperly starting a running program too quickly. Its just too much pounding and the body can’t adapt fast enough.”
they recommend starting with strength training if its been more then 2 years since you’ve done the kind of activity you’ll be training for, ie long distance running. 13 miles is alot to start off with that quickly if you haven’t been running alot regularly…
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November 1st, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Thanks. Awesome that you are doing a triathalon. I’ve been thinking about that as well. I agree about the long distances too quickly thing. Of the 4 people I know who were training for the marathon, all of us are out due to various ailments. I think I’ll start training again in a couple months and work up much, much more slowly.