Today I went to the doctor to figure out what was wrong with my knee. The diagnosis, a torn meniscus. The doctor did say, fortunately, that I can continue running and can still run in the 10K I've been training for next weekend (he said it will be an issue of how much pain I can tolerate...additional injury is unlikely). Whew! Of course when I finish the race I"m supposed to go back for an MRI and possible surgery. But we'll deal with that on a later blog date.
Because of all the poking and prodding done to my knee it was still quite painful at the time of my workout so I opted to do 30-min on the elliptical and save a run for tomorrow.
I finished, with minimal pain. The pain actually seems worse once I stop, so as long as I don't stop during the race, my knee should be fine! |