No, not that dancing "twist and shout", more along the lines of slip on the wet leaves, twist the knee that was just starting to feel better and then shout out obscenities.
Yes, after babying the leg for a whole week, it felt pretty good. Saturday I set off on a two hour run in the warm, fall rain. The knee held up pretty well. Some soreness, but that always happens to me after two hours of running and as usual it went away after a few hours.
Sunday it was time to try a little bit more. I had a run-bike-run on the schedule. Started off well, but around minute 28 of 90 on the first run I slipped, recovered awkwardly, and twisted the knee that was just starting to feel better.
&^%$#@!!!!
With that, I took another two days off. Yesterday was a nice 4,000 yard swim and it was Good. Today there was a 40-minute stretcher run after work. On the plus side, I lived. Some slight pain around the patella. Iced it down and now it feels a little better.
24 - eat me - days until Ironman and I have hitch in my giddy-up. I'm hoping the lighter loads of the taper will allow me to push through the race. It should. I'm also going to try a patella-stap-support thingy. Who knows, maybe it will help.
What the knee really needs is few solid weeks rest but that cannot happen until November 6th.
Comments (1)
hope your knee improves buddy, I sure am interested in your taper and obviously your results. I am officially putting you on notice to let me know were to stay in Panama Beach close to the race for next year.
Posted by commodore | October 14, 2005 2:12 AM
Posted on October 14, 2005 02:12