On Sunday I almost took a good digger coming down Barr Trail. I was able to catch myself and keep going, but the stress that I put on my left knee was more then it could handle. I am usually pretty cautious when it comes to my knees. I have already had knee surgery and I really don't want to repeat it.
I woke up this morning and had noticed that my LT knee was a shade darker then it was the day before. Feeling a little nervous about the potential of hurting my knee again I thought it would be a good idea to swing into the athletic trainers office and have him take a look at it. One of the perks of working in a High School, besides having access to an ice bath whenever I need it.
After a bit of poking, pulling and pushing he told me that I have a bruised patella tendon. Everything is well intact which I was happy to hear and I thought that was the case. He told me that I can keep my mileage the where it but I just need to keep an eye on it. If I start to feel pain then I need to back off on my run. So basically just baby the thing I should be back to normal in two to three weeks.
I took a picture of my knee this morning and you can see the shade of purple that it has become.
Wow! I really need to get some sun my legs! I have a run tonight at Red Rock Open Spaces which I am looking forward to. So, I hope my knee can keep up. Saturday is my first race of the Summer Series, fingers crossed that I am back to my normal self sooner than later!
”I run in the snow, rain, wind and heat. I run until I cannot run anymore then I run some more. I run thru the blur of tears, the aches and pains and then I keep going. I have more running clothes than some running stores, I know Fartklet does not mean like it sounds. I go to bed at 9pm; I get up early just to do it all over again. Why do I do this? Because I am a runner and that's who I am"
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