So, last night, I carefully read through the article in Runners’ World on knee pain. I had skimmed it before, but I very carefully read through it last night. It was interesting, mostly about patello-femoral pain syndrome, but interesting. But the most interesting bit was at the very end, where the author acknowledged that his knee was trying to tell him something, namely STOP.
So, maybe I won’t be able to run a 5K in under 30 minutes for awhile, but that’s ok. I must focus on the long-term, and that is Grandma’s training. Please just let me run Grandma’s one more time in 5 hours or less, and then if I can’t run any more marathons, I can’t run any more marathons. Maybe I’ll finally take up triathlons or rock climbing or something. But I really want to run Grandma’s one more time.
So, here’s my plan for this week: rest completely until Sunday. Perhaps take a walk on Thursday and/or Friday, but no running. Do yoga. Ice, take my glucosamine and do my butt-strengtheners. Buy an IT Band strap. Then on Sunday, do the long run (8 miles) with our group, but do it very slowly and take my walk breaks. That’s the plan for this week. Oh, and throw out my Dansko clogs. I know those things are supposed to be so good for your feet, but they do a number on me all the time!! Abe suggested that I just throw them out, so that I’m not tempted to wear them. I think he is right.
Does anyone know anything about adding flaxseed to your diet to improve joint strength? I feel like I’ve heard this before…
Anyway, let’s face it—I’ve run with sore knees before and I’ll do it again. I actually started wondering last night if I had overreacted by going to the chiropractor too soon. I know that I pushed it on Saturday at the 5K, and whenever I push it, my knee starts to hurt. I’m sure that seeing the chiropractor isn’t going to harm, and he is going to give me some exercises for my butt, but other than that, it’ll be my usual regimen of ice, Aleve, yoga and more ice. And no Danskos. I can do that. It’ll be fine.
(What are the stages of grief again? Is it weird that I went through anger first and THEN denial?
posted by Lola @ 9:43 AM
2 Comments:
Hiya,
I'm just wondering if you had your Danskos fitted properly? I had the same problem in the beginning and went to a different store to get a second opinion. Now I'm in a size larger and my DH can't get them off my feet!!
Hiya elle…
I got my Dansko clogs a few years ago, and they fit fine at the time. About a year ago, my left big toe went through the top of the shoe, now there’s a big whole there. Plus, the arches of the shoe don’t quite fit where the arches of my feet are. These old ones are a size 40, so I recently tried on a 41. Those were so big I couldn’t keep them on my feet. I tried on another pair of 40s, and I could barely even get my feet into them! I’ve also noticed that the Danskos tend to make me supinate—walk on the outside edges of my feet. Looking at the heel of my clogs, I noticed that it is worn down considerably more on the outside edges.
I do have a pair of the Ballerina shoes, and those fit just fine and are very comfortable. I just think I can’t wear the clogs.
If you have any other suggestions let me know...i do like the clogs, but they seem to mess up my knees!
:) sara
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