Now I feel like a REAL athlete. I'm in pain. I'm in pain when I run. I'm in pain when I walk. I'm in pain when I sit. I'm in pain when I stand. Hmm. Kinda sounds like the beginning of a twisted Dr. Seuss book.
Anyway, the point is that now I've learned to categorize my pain. Forget about that silly pain scale at the doctor's office. I've developed my own scale. It goes from "Oh, that's an interesting little twinge." to "Oh crap! This might cause permanent damage!!" I've now decided that anything in the "interesting twinge" to "Dear Lord, please let this go away soon!" range is manageable. Anything above that is a little tricky.
I know it sounds silly, but it feels like the more I work through the pain, the stronger my knees get. Ugh. I know I'm just rationalizing here, but I'm not prepared for the MAJOR LETDOWN that I will feel if I can't finish this race.
Current plan: Now that my work commitments are a bit lighter, train as much as I can and keep my fingers crossed!
That will work, right?
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Train "as much" as you can? The race is 11 days away. You've trained for how long? It's too late to "train as much as you can!" You're ready! You're body knows what it will take to get through the race. It's time to start tapering down the training a bit so your body recovers for RACE DAY! You start training as much as you can and you are setting yourself up for more injury. Bike/Spin, light resistance. This will help strengthen your knee. Swim if you can. Run in deep water or not at all! And strrrreeeeeetttcchhhhh! Especially the ITB! TRUST ME!
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