<---------Bad News is that this might be an exaggerated version of my hamstring tendons. Since the pain I felt today was pretty strong, and I did slightly notice it the night before I did some searching, and according to sportinjuryclinic.net:
Symptoms of hamstring tendon rupture:
- A sudden sharp pain in the back of the knee.
- Swelling, tenderness and heat coming from the point where the tendon inserts into the knee.
- Pain when you bend the knee against resistance.
Now for the good news. This can be treated with RICE. Which for those of you unfamiliar with this notion, RICE stands for: Rest. Ice. Compression. Elevation. I should also be able to keep running, just making sure I don't push anything.
Turns out that this injury pops up mostly when you do fast acceleration and decelerations. This pretty much describes my hill training for tomorrow :( So I will try one, see how the knee feels, and then go from there. But the good news is that this is nothing very serious, and yes that picture is a vast exaggeration.
On another note when I saw the description of the symptoms and saw that picture I shed a couple tears. And since I have done considerable sweating, and have had some bleeding from a toe blister that I got a couple days ago...I have successfully accomplished the Blood, Sweat and Tears portion of my blog title in only 2 weeks or so!
And finally, I added some stuff to my blog. I have some good links to running websites. The last two are great resources for runners. You just have to check them out to realize their vast wealth of information. I also put in a race countdown timer! The geek in me is cheering
2 comments:
I think I had a similar injury a few years back. If it hurts right in the back of your knee then that is similar to what I had. It took a while but it got better.
BTW I was looking at your Marathon choices, if you want to run fast choose Milwaukee or Chicago. If you like big go for Chicago, small Milwaukee.
take it easy with that knee. I know its tough to sit out workouts. But outside looking in I would say you need a few easy days before "turning it up"
Good luck.
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