RUNNERS - HELP!

andreamarieroberts
andreamarieroberts Posts: 34 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I started running in August of 2012, and was LOVING IT. After my 3rd half marathon this year on June 1, I injured my knee. Patellofemoral pain, it seems. I haven't run but 2 miles since June 1st, and I am really having a hard time. I have been biking and using the elliptical, but IT'S NOT THE SAME. My mood is plummeting, I am gaining weight. I had registered for 26.2 in October, but I may not be ready to start the training schedule on July 9th if my knee doesn't heal. Every day that I feel the knee twinge I get more and more depressed. Granted, it IS healing. The pain is less than it has been, but there is still a twinge of pain when I walk that tells me that I am not ready to run yet. I don't want to feel so hopeless but OMG. UGH.
Anyone have any inspirational injury comeback stories? Advice? Words of wisdom?

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  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    Your fitness loss will be minimal with the crosstraining you're doing so don't be so hard on yourself.

    My first year back running (2011) I missed nearly the whole month of July because of a broken foot and because I was down on myself, and lazy, I didn't do any crosstraining at all. After 4 1/2 weeks on the couch I restarted training with 14 weeks left until the marathon. I had to build up slowly because of continuing pain and didn't start feeling back to normal until mid Sept, 7 weeks to the marathon. I still managed to run a 3:50, not my best but not to terribly bad either.

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