{"id":10933,"date":"2012-08-24T09:09:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T08:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10933"},"modified":"2012-08-23T09:32:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T08:32:47","slug":"back-to-the-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/08\/back-to-the-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the Running"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t want to speak too soon, but after a few weeks off running due to a knee injury<\/a> I’ve taken my first tentative steps towards become a fully rounded triathlete again. I’ve still be swimming and biking despite the knee injury, but to be a triathlete you need to be running as well and the aqua-jogging<\/a> that I was doing didn’t really count. Although, saying that, triathletes always seem to be injured so maybe there’s a market for a swim, bike, aquajog event for us less robust athletes!<\/p>\n

A few weeks of this was driving me mad though. My knee had stopped hurting almost a week ago but I had been very patient and not run on it despite the fact that there was no longer any pain. I did finally decide that it was time to try it out so tentatively went for an easy run along the beach on Wednesday. With a couple of big races coming up I didn’t want to do any more damage or impede the healing process in anyway. However, I was also becoming increasingly aware of the imepending nature of the races and the fact that I needed to do some running before they came around.<\/p>\n

I was very aware of my knee during the run.\u00a0I took it really easy at first and even walked down across the pebble bank before jogging along the beach. All felt OK though and I gradually picked up the pace. I didn’t go too far or too long though. I just ran around the point and into the estuary and then around to the boatyard and back. A 3.67 mile loop that took about 25 minutes. All felt fine with my knee which is great news.<\/p>\n