I’ve been running through a knee twinge for the last couple of weeks. When things like that remain twinges, I have always found that continuing to run as planned is not a problem, provided that I’m careful and do some extra stretching to target the area in question. This week, however, the twinge has become more than a twinge – it’s hurting quite badly and is causing me to hobble – and so I know I need to take some time out from the training plan so that it doesn’t get any worse.
I’ve got the Sheffield Half Marathon (my ‘halfway point half marathon’ for the current marathon training block) in eleven days’ time, and I don’t want to be dragging my leg around that, so I’m going into rest/recovery/mini-taper mode until then. I’ll just be doing short slow treadmill bumbles, gentle walks, parkrun volunteering, and lots of foam rolling – because that’s what’s worked for me in the past when I need to get rid of aches and pains while keeping my fitness level intact.
I’m really disappointed to have to take some time out when I’ve been sticking to the plan so well for nine and a half weeks, but the most important thing is getting rid of the knee issue so that I can get going again.