March 09, 2006
I don't think indecision ever made one a champion. I'm getting a little frustrated with the notion of training for three sports, and it's too early in the season for that. The main source of my frustration is my knees, which are sore at the top of the kneecaps and also on the left knee where the IT band connects atop that little bone spur on the side. I'm going to try my next run with my custom made orthotics to see if that makes my knees hurt less. And I suppose I should drive over to VHHS and run on the fancy soft track to avoid exacerbating anything further.
Dang knees aren't wanting to join the program.
I want to run the Statue to Statue 15K in late April, which involves running and training on steep hills. Not good for knees.
This weekend, there's a time trial on Saturday morning (relatively flat) and a road race (40 miles) on Sunday afternoon. I'm thinking of doing both, but my lazy self doesn't want to get up on Saturday morning. The time trial should benefit my training for an April 9 duathlon. I WILL DO IT. DANGIT. MY &$%*# KNEES BE DERNED.
Posted by megabeth at March 9, 2006 09:54 AM
I've seen a lot of runners use those "cho-pat" (brand name?) straps on their knees. Might they help?
I've had a lot of success dealing with knee pain specifically by using Celebrex. I take Advil for general body pain but a scrip for Celebrex took away my knee pain a few years ago. YMMV of course.
Good luck with it all and I hope you have fun doing it!
Posted by: BlogDog at March 9, 2006 01:15 PM
I take Celebrex on race days; it is a Godsend. However, I don't like to use it during training because it blocks the pain signals the body sends - and the pain signals are there for a reason. Advil's great for reducing inflammation.
Posted by: megabeth at March 9, 2006 01:45 PM
Sounds like you've got a pretty good line on it all. I'll be over here having a little quiet time.
Posted by: BlogDog at March 10, 2006 04:33 PM