admin I cannot even start to express how grateful I am that finally there has been some progress on the healing and I have been able to train (a bit) without any pain on my left knee. I think it was around mid July when there was a clear change.
I was getting fairly desperate with the pain since there was still inflammation on the left side of my left knee, but a bit different spot than previously in early March 2020. I could even pinpoint the spot, but had no idea how long it would take to heal. I was able to do short walks and short runs, but could not do any proper leg training yet. I spoke to my sister and she suggested that maybe try ginger and turmeric/curcumin since they might help with inflammation. I thought that I have nothing to lose as I cannot take the anti-inflammatory drugs anyway, so why not give it a try. Local Lidl grocery store right next door happens to have a Ginger-Turmeric drink so been drinking those every now and then and you know what, the pain is gone!
Not sure if time did its thing or was it the ginger-turmeric drink or just me deciding to stop whining and “get back to it” -attitude that caused the change, but yes I am able to train again and the pain has not come back even if I do!
The amount of foam rolling and stretching I have done is bound to have some sort of effect also since my legs are not as “stiff as a log” anymore. What I have though noticed these past few times I’ve been to the gym is that there is a clear imbalance between the right and left side of my body. So my body is weaker from the left side and maybe this is due to having been a bit careful because of the leg for a while now or due to losing about 16 kilos of weight causing the point of gravity to change or something else, but it’s clear that the imbalance has probably caused the inflammation in the first place and it needs to be addressed (and the doctor agrees that yes all of the mentioned above could cause this).
So I have been doing a few runs , 3 kilometer trail run, 4 kilometer hike and I have been back to the gym. I know the amounts seem like peanuts and was just thinking that how on earth did I a year ago climb 500 m for “evening walk” and do 22 kilometer hikes. Well that was then and this is the reality now that I need to live with. At least I know what I am capable of which is kind of comforting. Anyway thinking about the imbalance and reading about IT band inflammation and talking to various people who know more about these kinds of things I now have a goal and…
I finally have a training plan again, wohou!
Training plan (weekly)
Total July
Total in July is something to marvel looking at June for example. No doubt there is progress and I am so happy there is! Week 27 ad 28 was still a bit testing, but in week 29 there was a clear change in the winds… So I will be moving to more regular training updates probably as there is something happening again <3
- Running 9 kilometers
- Walking 12 kilometers
- Hiking 4 kilometers
- Trail running 3 kilometers
- Core class 1
- Gym 2 times
Week 27
- 1 walk 2,1 kilometers
- 1 gym training
Week 28
- 1 walk 2,8 kilometers
Week 29
- 1 hike 4 kilometers (yes in the forest for the first time in ages <3 )
- 1 run 4,5 kilometers (yes running!!!)
- 1 walk 2 kilometers
Week 30
(decided to take it easy because previous week was a lot of exercise compared to past 4 months)
- 1 core class
- 1 walk 3,2 kilometers
Week 31 of July
I’m back! Well close to it. Yay!
- 1 times Gym
- 1 run 1,7 kilometers
- 1 trail run 3 kilometers
- 1 walk 1,7 kilometers
I truly hope I can keep up some sort of regularity with training now and look forward to being able to be more outdoors and especially going to the forest again. Let’s see how covid-19 restrictions change after summer, but luckily in Finland there is so much empty space in the forest that they cannot deny us that as all the social distancing regulations can be easily kept there 🙂
