Sunday, January 17, 2010

I know i said that i was going to give my knees a break... (Cutting down on running events, running less, etc)

And i AM, honest! I tried to stick to walking only but as usual, i cannot stray long from running. So when i do, i do it in short durations/distances only. Plus, i don't run on pavements/tarmac anymore, or rarely. I jog/walk on the treadmill (yawwwwnnn) or do the elliptical machine (double yawn, but boy, it pushes my heart harder than jogging man). To balance everything out, i've added strength training to my exercise regime, i do some light weights now.

The general feedback i get from my therapists friends is that i probably cannot go on at the same intensity that i used to, but i MUST still keep active by doing other things. Having knee problems is not a reason to stop exercise (not that i can totally, anyways. i DO get lazy, but exercise to me is like a mild addiction. stop, and the urge will definitely return.). That being said, i was told that i should do exercises that are low in intensity but work my way upwards so that as my body takes the time to adjust, it also has time to rebuild... and maybe in time, i can go back to running like i used to and with a stronger ("more prepared") body. Something like that. I was also told to do strengthening exercises to support the weakened areas.

Points all taken, my friends. Hence my effort to scale down at this point in time.

So to get to my original point. Recently my classmate, who's also a good friend in my masters class asked me excitedly, "Hey! You wanna go run the Adidas Sundown? We go run the 10km one lar..."

Being a sucker for running events despite my knee issues, you can easily guess what my gong gong answer was.

(Hey at least she said we'll walk and run, no need to run all the way. So, that sounded good to me!)

9 comments:

zzen said...

NOOOOO u really shud nt be testing ur limits anymore

Joline said...

zzen:

i won't be doing what i used to, which is to run all the way. i have resolved to make changes, like walking and jogging instead. i was told to not stop being active, but rather, to do things differently.

zzen said...

i know. but i was afraid when u see pple run, u will run too. take care.i have taken to skiing only. cant tahan running at all. my knees feel weird.

joline said...

zzen:

haha... your concern is well placed. I will try my darnest not to do that! Thanks gal.

yup, you take care too! We're 25 and need to take care of ourselves for the future.

zzen said...

i feel older than 25. haiz.my heel cartilage degenerate liao. cant wear high heels liao

Joline said...

zzen:

how high are your heels???

zzen said...

nt tat high, just tat my cartilage or tendon watever u call it, is older than me, i cant stand or walk for long.it hurts. very inconvenient

joline said...

zzen:

hm... is there some kind of supplement you can take or exercise you can do to strengthen the area? or maybe having some kinda in soles to help? it sounds painful...

zzen said...

the more i exercise it, the worst it gets, according to my doc. i have yet to try glucosamine. dunno it helps. doubt it.cos the cartilage degenerate faster than my age....the most i can temp relief is fastum gel.