10 x Hills

So, I went with Constitution Hill to do my reps. Good hill. But if i'm totally honest, looking back at the data. I was surprised at how slow I was. I was trying to maintain an even pace throughout the session. I did do this, but it was an even slow pace.

I guess in the back of my mind I am being cautious. Hills scare me. My last two running injuries have come when running hills at pace. My knees are still sore most of the time. I'm doing my stretches twice a day. But it is coming up to a year since the knee pain started. With no real sign of repair. Running is ok, up to a certain pace, but then the recovery time can be painful. Oh well.... Just need to get to race day!


Before my run, I had planned to hit it quite hard. I had a little flick though my Jim Fixx book for some inspiration. I did find this ....

After the hills I headed home. My knees were very sore,but I needed to reward my brain with stimulation. After the relentless monotony of going up and down the same hill 20 times, a much needed trot down through Christchurch Park was nice.

Day 8 and 9 of training plan

Day 8: was supposed to be 12x400 intervals but I had to go to a physio appointment and school sports day. Eventually time just ran out. So I turned it into a rest day and moved the session to day 9.

Going back to the physio session. It went well. I have been give some more stretches to do. It would seem that my quadriceps are very tight and are pulling at the tendons around my knee. Which is creating the pain.

I really NEED to commit to these stretches. I NEED this knee pain gone....

Day 9: Intervals 12 x 400 

Well that was a killer. I headed to the park at the end of Bramford Lane. Initially, I was not sure how I was going to get through it. By the 5th interval I was feeling pretty battered. Got the extra adrenaline I needed from the series of dogs running of their leashes and toward me. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/537252782 It was quite muggy out too. But I did it. It was very hard and I also remembered to do my stretches. Good times.

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome?

Last night I went to my regular Ipswich Jaffa running club track session. It was a 3 kilometer time trial. I was quite happy I managed to knock out 12 minute and twenty something second. But toward the end of that session my knee started to feel quite aggravated. Coupled with Achilles Tendonitis and a major lack of fitness.
 Anyway this morning I hit the google machine and managed to find some information about what is going on under my knees bone.
Turns out it is something called Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. Soreness when sitting for long time. Can flare up with overexertion. I have added links to the articles which  I read.

I am still going to visit my doctor to check my self diagnosis is correct.

http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Patellofemoral-Pain.htm

http://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00007256-199928040-00003


http://saveyourself.ca/tutorials/patellofemoral-pain-syndrome.php