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Long time coming....
Well, folks it's been a very long time out but things are finally looking
up. As a brief re-cap, I went out on a usual Sunday morning run back November
2010, waiting most of the morning for the sun to melt the early morning ice.
Unfortunately, over I went on a patch of black ice and hyper-extended my right
knee. After being given the run-around by numerous physio's and doctors, I
eventually got referred to a knee specialist/consultant and finally went under
the knife in November 2011, a full year out of the trainers with a still to be
diagnosed problem.
Torn cartilage and plica syndrome (see previous post) was the damage. 10
weeks of physio followed but I eventually got very disheartened by the apparent
lack of enthusiasm given, so finished it and resolved Googling recovery
programs of people who had been through similar situations.
Now, September 2012, I am pleased to announce that I am back; having only
two days ago completed my first race since injury - the inaugural Malmesbury
Half Marathon. It provided a great opportunity as a come-back race to run in my
town. Lots of people that I know within the town, plus one or two that I had
met further afield (including at the Atlantic Coast Challenge) made for a
great, if very, very wet, event.
The main aim of the run was to check the strength of my knee over the
distance. I had only run one 10 miler and one 13 miler in the lead-up to the
race, so running fitness was a complete unknown. I had been a bit of a slave to
the gym in the time spent away from running, both in terms of strength and
cardio work, so I was hoping that this would at least see me through the first
10 miles. I had planned to average out 8:30 minute miles just to see how things
went, however when we started off I just felt great and decided to go with it,
hovering around the 8 minute mile mark. As it panned out, I finished in
01:46:41 averaging out 8:09 per mile – only around 5 minutes off my PB of 2
years ago in Chippenham!
So, it looks on the face of it like all the gym work paid off, and kept my
base fitness ticking over until my return. I’ve also been very good/careful
with my diet too and I am around 1 stone lighter than when I got injured
(usually works the other way around!!)
Anyway, I’ve been really enjoying reading all the blogs and the adventures
that people have been getting up to so it’s about time I started enjoying
myself once more. First up, on the weekend of 26th October is the
Three Peaks Challenge – 24hrs to include Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon.
Watch this space!
Roll on 2012, the quicker I can escape the disapointment of 2011 the better.I'm now 2.5 weeks post knee op which by all accounts was successful. The arthroscopy revealed torn cartilage and 'Plica Syndrome' which after a little Googling, makes complete sense when thinking about it! I won't go into detail so here's a little light reading: -http://www.orthogate.org/patient-education/knee/plica-syndrome.htmlThe Consultant has suggested a 90% success rate with this type of injury, and so far far all is feeling pretty good. I've a 6 to 8 week recovery period with lots of fizzy sessions to enjoy. Hazarding a guess, I'm hoping to back in the pumps around February time (subject to the green light from the Consultant!)Happy Crimbo and see you on the trails in 2012!!
Arthroscopy booked for the 30th November, let's hope they find something!
Physio failure and referred back to the consultant....'nuff said!!
Slow and steady is the name of the game for the time being.
Been away to the Dordogne for 2 weeks and only manged one 5 miler. Usually I hit the trails over there for the majority of any spare time that I may get but 'fortunately' for me we were located away from these and the fairly busy roads were the only option. 5 miles is the furthest I've managed since last November and although slow, I had no pain during, immediately after or 24-hours later which is brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So the plan. From the week of the 22nd August I'm going to start with early morning 5k's to start each day before work so that I can get into the gym during lunchtime to work on strength and cross training. It's important to take each day individually as I don't want any flare up of the tendonitis.
Lots of races/events happening at the moment that I'm desperate to get involved in namely, Chippenham Half, Malmesbury Tri and some biggies like the NDW Marathon/50/100 and the obvious one the ACC 2011. There's always next year when I'll be stronger and fitter than before!
Things are starting to look a bit more positive. No running since November but last night I got the green light from the physio to try it out. Only half a mile for the first week but it's a start. I get to move up to 1 mile in 2 weeks time!! It's funny, I was so excited to run this morning I was up and out the door by 06:30; thing is, I was back 4 minutes later. Oh well, it's a start and must take things gradually so not to stir up the tendonitis.I must admit to it being very difficult watching and reading about everyone I know running and racing, particularly being the build up to the ACC in September/October (which I'm obviously going to miss) but If I do things properly, I'm aiming to come back fitter and faster for 2012.Watch this space!
Torn patellar tendon. ANOTHER 3 months not running.Physio starts asap.That'll be a total of 6 months out of the trainers.MISERABLE!!
