During the final 3 or 4 miles of my Brockway to Tahoe City run last weekend I started noticing a pain in my right knee that became increasingly intense. By the end of the run it was actually pretty severe, but the pain faded immediately once I stopped running. I had hyper-extended my right knee playing soccer years ago which caused my patella tendon to slip out of place. It has never been a problem before, but I think overuse from running so much put a little too much stress on it. After taking a whole week off to let it rest, I went for a run up Mt. Rose a few days ago to test it out. It felt fine for the first 2 miles, but then gradually started hurting again. I immediately turned around and started walking back, and by time I got to my car I was totally pain free again.
I told my friend Tattie about my knee, and she put me in touch with her good friend Gordon Ainsleigh. Gordy is a trail running legend and the pioneer of the Western States 100-miler. He told me that running 12-20 miles every other day is nuts and I should significantly cut back on the distance of my training runs. He also suggested some vitamin supplements that would probably help.
So after a few more days of rest, icing, and chomping down Calcium and Magnesium tablets that taste like chalk, my knee is starting to feel a little better. I am going to try to put in 5 or 6 miles today and see how it feels. I hope it won't hold me back too much longer.
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