Not much point trying to rehash the year so far as it has been pretty much c..p.
By June I was was doing long runs up to 32ks, so that was not all too bad, considering that I opted out of doing the Perth Marathon as we were going to fly overseas that very day. But by then I was getting a sharp pain on the inside of the right leg, just below the knee.
I did not want to really believe it but should have known that my old army injury was having a comeback.
So after a few visits to the doctors and an MRI I got the good word from the orthopod today: gnashed medial meniscus.
Unfortunately I'm a tad busy until late September, but had planned on taking October off anyway.
So 27/9 is it & after that I hope I'll be (slowly) on my feet again.
Until then, I'll ride the bike and should do some swimming. I have done a bit of running (as in very, very little), since the orthopod thought that I did not "need" the op and it was very much a matter of choice and how much pain I felt and wanted to put up with.
So notwithstanding the fact that I have had no training of substance in the last three months, I picked up the C2S race number today and might head out tomorrow. The BoM says there will be showers and possibly a thunderstorm (& also NW winds, oh dear!) but that will not sway me.
I'll see how the knee feels in the morning and decide then.
By June I was was doing long runs up to 32ks, so that was not all too bad, considering that I opted out of doing the Perth Marathon as we were going to fly overseas that very day. But by then I was getting a sharp pain on the inside of the right leg, just below the knee.
I did not want to really believe it but should have known that my old army injury was having a comeback.
So after a few visits to the doctors and an MRI I got the good word from the orthopod today: gnashed medial meniscus.
Unfortunately I'm a tad busy until late September, but had planned on taking October off anyway.
So 27/9 is it & after that I hope I'll be (slowly) on my feet again.
Until then, I'll ride the bike and should do some swimming. I have done a bit of running (as in very, very little), since the orthopod thought that I did not "need" the op and it was very much a matter of choice and how much pain I felt and wanted to put up with.
So notwithstanding the fact that I have had no training of substance in the last three months, I picked up the C2S race number today and might head out tomorrow. The BoM says there will be showers and possibly a thunderstorm (& also NW winds, oh dear!) but that will not sway me.
I'll see how the knee feels in the morning and decide then.
