After 5 days of intensive care on my knee I'm almost ready to re-commence training.
Monday will be my first foray back into running but will be a slightly more pedestrian affair that I'm calling: jalking.
Jalking is a combination of jogging and walking, with walking taking place mainly on the downhill stretches of the 6 km route around which I will navigate. Apparently walking down stairs applies 7 times more stress to the knees than normal walking, whereas walking up stairs applies only twice a much stress as normal walking. It's an amazing fact that I tried to verify on Wikipedia the other day but it was not working as they want to make all piracy legal (or something along those lines).
Anyway: you cast rest assured that I'll be back in the thick of it on Monday with five weeks of training left. I'm cutting this a bit fine!
My thanks go to the chap in the running shop in Southborough for the excellent knee support, without which I would definitely not be in a position to be running anywhere. I feel that this invaluable piece of kit will be my half marathon saviour.
http://www.runninghub.co.uk/
That's enough from me for today. I had some negative feedback about posting a picture of my swollen knee on line. However, this will not put me off: I will post another picture next week so you can see the healing powers of absolutely everything I've been trying to reduce the swelling and the pain.
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