After the trial run for the "Big Ben Nevis" Triathlon, my right knee has been giving me serious amounts of discomfort. So much so, that I've not really used it for 16 days (barring a drunken 6.8k jog home from the pub). I'm chomping at the bit to get some excercise done! Last night I thought I'd experiment with a short 5k run to test how the recovery is progressing.
The recovery was not progressing very well. I went to bed with a throbbing knee and awoke with a similarly throbbing knee.
Having previously arranged a cycle ride for tonight with an attractive member of the opposite sex, I was fully planning to stuggle through the pain. But after a no show, I ended up in the gym. 3 minutes on the elliptical runner resulted in a sore knee. A switch to the reclining bike and a further 3 minutes later, a sore knee. FFS.
I switched to some staight leg, quad strengthening excercises, but got bored pretty quickly, so I decided to attempt some step ups as an experiment. Well, it was almost like something snapped back into place and the pain all but disappeared. I did bench step ups with 20kg weights. Then I did some plyometric jumps. Then I rested, satisfied that I had achieved some good this evening.
I awoke the next morning with a sore knee! It must have been the ibuprofen.
Bugger.
Physio next Sunday.
Current weight is 13 stones (182 pounds / 82.5 kg).
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