Remember how over the summer I slipped on my bathroom floor and ended up with a bruised back bone that lasted over a month? Well, I did it again!
I woke up early this morning in order to attempt to trash my legs during a 60 min high gear trainer workout, before heading out for a 14 mile run with the Fresh Pond Race in the middle. The ride went well, I transitioned quickly into shorts, tank top and arm warmers (65 degrees today!!!), and headed out. I was happy, listening to music, thinking about the fun day we had planned for today. About 1.5 miles in I tripped, landed on my knees and hands, and rolled on my shoulder. Five people ran to me to help, which makes me feel good about living in this neighbourhood - people care. I was actually fine, except that my R knee was bleeding badly, and my L knee looked purple-ish. I also had some road rash on my R leg, shoulder, and both my hands. I really did not care about these, though. I was concerned with my run. I moved my legs, jumped on them, and they seemed fine. I washed my knees up (beauty of carrying my own water), and started running. In the next mile I decided that I was going to finish the run, but would skip the race - my L knee was tight. At mile 7 I turned around and took a look at my knees. The R was bloody, the L was swollen and looked like it grew a baby knee on top. Funny how I had only some tightness in my L knee until I saw the swelling. After that, I started having pain. Funny how powerful the mind is, don't you think? I convinced myself that I was fine, nothing was broken, and the swelling was due to bleeding inside my knee, and was fine getting home. I did take some pics once I got home, but they are really disgusting, so no need to post them:) I took an ice bath and Chris was sweet and let me sit on the couch with my feet elevated until we had to go to a party this afternoon. I think I am going to be fine. The L knee is still pretty swollen, but I am hoping to be able to ride long tomorrow morning. It is kind of funny how I have not gotten a running injury in so long, but I somehow manage to hurt myself in the funniest ways, on fairly regular basis!
Hope your weekend was less eventful:)
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oh goodness AM! We need you healthy and injury free!! No more of this nonsense! Glad you are okay for the most part!
I hope you are right and it is nothing serious!
Ouch! Hope you're not too sore tomorrow!!
Oh Jeez! That's gonna be tight when it scabs over and you try to bike!! Hope it feels OK! And your hands, and shoulder, and leg! You must be so used to ice running that the dry roads are just too hard to adjust to:)
Really though, I sure hope you're OK and nothing serious comes out of it. Heal that baby knee up quick! I would just hate to see you laid up and I'm also a little selfish. You can't get injured on me! I need you and your training for motivation:)
Hope this is as simple as you are thinking. Take care.
Oh my ...that is not good!
Totally sounds like something I would do too...tripping for no reason in dry eather, anyway... I twisted an ankle rounding a corner in the dark once. I bought a headlamp about a year later and wondered why the heck I waited so long for that cheap purchase.
Keep on top of the ice. We don't want you out for long, but taking a day or two to get it better won't hurt your fitness. GET BETTER!
The mind is a powerful thing in many ways. It can help us push past pain in a race, or cause us to overlook rest days.
Get better so you can PR in the 10K. ;)
Oh No! That sounds like it hurts! I'm sorry you fell! Hopefully your wounds will heal quickly!
I'm so sorry. That sounds painful. Sometimes the smaller injuries can be the most annoying. Hope the baby knee is gone and your scabs go away quickly.
Yikes. Hope you are okay and this is nothing more than an embarrassing little story.
Yikes!! I hope your knees are doing better today. The mind is definitely powerful. I have tricked it before -- it thought I was feeling bad so I took a vitamin C instead of my prescription and that distracted my mind enough to think it had gotten it's drugs. LOL. (I didn't think I was feeling that bad hence why I did not want to take a prescribed pill that time.)
ouch ouch!! hope youre doing okay and recovering quickly!
Owe, I hope you recovered quickly
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