I don't want to jinx myself, but...

I may be back. Back in the running, so to speak. After a month or two of rest (this is also known as "I sat around doing nothing, eating very very poorly, and watching the first two seasons of Entourage") to allow my knee to heal, I'm back on track. Well, I'm not sure if I can declare such a thing after only two days, but damn it, it's my blog!

On Friday, I took Buster out for a tentative run to see if there was still much pain in my knee. It's been feeling pretty good lately—I still can't walk up or down stairs comfortably, but it's not as bad as it used to be. So anyway, we went for a run (remembering that when I say "run", I mean "fairly slow jog"), and it felt pretty good. There were a few moments where I could feel a light pain in my knee, which would result in an "oh daaaag" thought to visit my head, but it soon passed.

This morning—Monday—Fiona and I went for a jog up at our usual stomp (a local football field), and while she pushed through three full laps, I managed about 2 laps, based on my own special aggregate recipe. In other words: I ran out of breath a lot and had to walk, haha.

But the point is that my knee now feels okay! I am hoping it'll stay that way, and barring any unforeseen atrocities upon my personage, it should be good. So now I'm back to my only problem being general fitness and health, and not bodily!

Good days are upon us.

Damn knee!

My knee is really starting to piss me off. Just to recap, I came off my motorbike last november, and one of the injuries sustained was to my knee. Nothing horribly bad, but there's some pain when walking up and down stairs and so forth. The weird thing is, I've been jogging since the 8th of January. Every week day, with only a few exceptions. The only gap I've had of more than 1 day was a few weeks ago when I took a business trip interstate and stupidly left my running shoes there. It took two weeks to get them back.

Somehow, in that time, my knee has decided to become an absolute monster. I now have my running shoes back, but I can't jog without getting a shocking pain somewhere in my knee. It feels like it's around the cartilage or patella, but I'm no physio. All I know is that it hurts. I can walk absolutely fine, not even a hint of pain, but if I try to jog or walk up/down a flight of stairs, I get the pain.

I should visit a physio, but frankly I just can't afford it right now. I literally can't. Not because I don't want the cost of a physio interrupting my social life or shopping agenda, I just simply cannot afford it.

Most of the advice I've been getting from friends and peers has been "walk a lot, see if it helps your leg recover". I don't really have the time during the day, so I might have to make it a night thing, try to get some long distances in. Maybe walk to my mum's place (and then get Fiona to pick me up, haha).

Perhaps I should try to get in a few nights of swimming each week? Or maybe I should borrow/lease an exercise bike to get the cardio without the impact? I dunno.

I don't think anyone reads this - I haven't exactly been spreading the URL around - but if anyone has some tips, I'd appreciate it!