JillC LI
Well-Known Member
Nice trophies Tex.
I (stupidly) decided that since the pain in my knee wasn't awful when I did a forward motion only, I'd try to do a short slow run on the treadmill on Saturday. So I sucked up the pain and did so. Afterwards it killed me. Then I did some deep research into exactly how I had injured it and where my pain was, and I'm fairly confident now that I partially tore my MDL ligament on the inside of my right knee - essentially I sprained my knee. And given the severity of the pain and its duration, it was probably a second degree sprain which can take 6-8 weeks to heal. What I should've done is some physical therapy, not jumping back into running. Sigh. Looks like I'm out of commission for awhile. :-(
On a happier note, DS16 did his first duathlon Sunday morning: 1.2 mile run + 11 mile bike + 1.2 mile run, and he came in first place in the high school age group! Pretty exciting for him.
I (stupidly) decided that since the pain in my knee wasn't awful when I did a forward motion only, I'd try to do a short slow run on the treadmill on Saturday. So I sucked up the pain and did so. Afterwards it killed me. Then I did some deep research into exactly how I had injured it and where my pain was, and I'm fairly confident now that I partially tore my MDL ligament on the inside of my right knee - essentially I sprained my knee. And given the severity of the pain and its duration, it was probably a second degree sprain which can take 6-8 weeks to heal. What I should've done is some physical therapy, not jumping back into running. Sigh. Looks like I'm out of commission for awhile. :-(
On a happier note, DS16 did his first duathlon Sunday morning: 1.2 mile run + 11 mile bike + 1.2 mile run, and he came in first place in the high school age group! Pretty exciting for him.