Since my
last post about juggling running with the other things in my life and
coping with runner’s knee I have done a surprising amount of racing across a
variety of distances. From all this activity my knee has held up remarkably
well and even though it is stiff, it is not as painful as it was when I first
starting having problems with it. From all this running across June/ July There
are three key things that I now know are within my control to make my knee
better and keep it pain free:
1.
Get more sleep. I have definitely not been
disciplined enough with getting to sleep on time and I think it would help my
knee feeling looser after long runs.
2.
Looking at buying some new shoes. My main long
distance running shoes are wearing through to the soles and have little or no
tread in them.
3.
Continuing with my stretching programme, knee
strengthening exercises and substituting cross-training for running dependent
upon how I feel.
