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andygates ([personal profile] andygates) wrote2009-12-29 08:12 pm
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Kneehab

Guess what?  I CAN RUN AGAIN!  A wardrobe malfunction meant I missed the gym, so when I got in I suited up for a little easy jog - 17 minutes with a few dashes.  Knees: GOLDEN.  Calves cramping, feet aching, glutes startled, shins tweaking, but that's just conditioning.  The bad knee is not bad!

Jack's back, baby, Jack's back. :D

So for reference that's 8 weeks off running, most of that time off the bike as well, for running through an obvious Something Wrong for several hours.  I've put on over half a stone too.  Let that be a lesson to any macho types - when it goes sproing you stop.  It might have healed a bit faster if I'd been a tad more religious about the physio, too...

Now to re-learn to run with lots more medial glute action.  But hey, the gym is 2km from work, perfect warm-up and warm-down distance (on nice days!).

[identity profile] andygates.livejournal.com 2009-12-31 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
A bike with no fairing to grind off... :)

Tri club coach will be able to teach you crawl - where are you these days? (Brain=sieve here) The folks at tritalk.co.uk can probably recommend a good local club.

[identity profile] inkyann.livejournal.com 2009-12-31 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm Herts / Essex border, so will have a scout around. Thanks!

[identity profile] andygates.livejournal.com 2009-12-31 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Near which town? The tentacles are being extended...

[identity profile] inkyann.livejournal.com 2009-12-31 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Sawbridgeworth. Bishop's Stortford or Harlow are nearest (but Stortford preferred).

[identity profile] andygates.livejournal.com 2010-01-01 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
No worries! If not those guys then these guys: http://www.waldentri.co.uk/ - small but friendly, say the tentacles.

[identity profile] inkyann.livejournal.com 2010-01-01 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Wonderful, I shall bookmark both and have a look next week. Ta!