2 Weeks and Counting

I wrote this post on Monday but neglected to upload it. So here it is…

Training has been going well even with my continued knee pain. I’ve continued to train but have focused on other aerobic activity instead of running to in an attempt to give my knees time to rest and heal. I completed my 7 mile run last night running straight through (no walking, just varying the pace). My knees began hurting after only a few miles, not so bad that I needed to stop but it makes me worried about 26 miles. After my run last night I iced my knees 2 times before going to bed and it seemed to help a bit. This morning my knees were only slightly sore and aggravated a bit going up and down stairs.

Today I placed a rush order for Endura tape so I can try McConnell taping to help with the knee pain. My plan until the race is to primarily cross train, I will do a little running to test out the taping, and icing after all workouts.

Cross training over the past few weeks has consisted of cycling and elliptical machines – they are both fairly easy on my knees but irritate the neuroma in my right foot. There are a few other cardio machines that I’m going to be trying out and I hope to find one that gives me a good workout without irritating my knees or my feet. On the technical side I know that 2 weeks off wouldn’t actually decrease my conditioning but psychologically it would hurt me.

Currently I’m putting all my energies into strategies to finish the race (at this point I know that my knees may hurt during the race but I’m confidant that they won’t suffer any permanent damage).