The coming weekend, on Saturday, I will run a 1/2 marathon. Over the last 3 months I've been exercising quite much. Or should I say, as much as my left knee allows me. Last autumn I have a look & feel operation in my knee. The doctor concluded that ma patella is in a bad condition at the back side. The soft bone tissue is degraded to a level 2-3. Zero is optimal, 4 is no tissue at all, including constant pain, no active sport, no stair climbing and probebly a new knee. I should also tell that a normal healthy man of my age (50) has a level 1 patella.
So the conclusion was, no jogging, swimming, cycling are much more appropriate sports when it comes to my knees. At the revalidation I contacted a physiotherapist. He explained, jogging we have a try. So I got exercises and started to jog after 2 months. First short distances, later longer ones. On top of that there were 2 things to do: a) "listen" to my knees, if they hurt, don't jog and do something else b) run only on "soft" tracks like grass/lawn, forest etc. avoid any hard tracks.
So I did and it worked out great. I run a bit less than last year (120 km/month), only soft tracks and attended a clinic to prepare for this 1/2 marathon. For 1,5 weeks ago I tested my condition in a 15 km run. I managed in 1:17:06, which is pretty ok, since I had fever 2 days before. Average speed 11,7 km/hr. The picture was made just 2 km before the finish line. You can see some sign of fatigue..
Next Saturday I hope to finish at about 1:50, which means 11,6 km/hr. I keep you posted.
Stay save, Oculus
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