Well, I haven’t run since March 30 and that feels like an eternity for me.  I haven’t even substituted my runs with a walk because I am being diligent about healing my tendinitis in my knee as fast and best as I can.  This has been very hard for me.  I need my fresh air fix and Vitamin D exposure.  But I also need to be able to run the Star Wars Dark Side Challenge a week from this weekend.

So what happens when you get tendinitis of the patella?  I didn’t go to an orthopedic doctor for a prescription for PT, but my chiropractor did tell me that is what I was battling.  So I have been icing my knee often.  I also went to my online doctor, YouTube, to learn the proper way to tape my knee.  I also experimented with taping the tendon earlier in the week to see what my options will be so I can make it through the races.  I am hoping that I won’t have to walk the entire race.

I have also been using my Deep Blue essential oils to massage the tendon and doing leg lifts, squats, and some mild physical therapy exercises to strengthen the quads and IT band.  I plan to visit the expo prior to the races and am hoping the line for the KT tape booth won’t be too long and I can get professionally taped prior to the races.  If I can’t, I feel pretty confident with the methods I tried.

Per the advice of my chiropractor, I am going for a massage today to help with my body’s recovery from all of the runnings that I do and have done in the past with little reprieve or recovery and pampering to help my body remove the lactic acid and loosen up the tightness.

My yoga class was canceled last Monday because of the SNOW, yes snow in April.  But I am kind of glad because I didn’t want to make any movements or do any poses that would cause strain on my knee.  So as I have 7 days until these races, I am going to be very diligent to take it easy and not do anything to jeopardize my ability to run next weekend.

I will say that even though I miss my outside fix, the weather has been helping me not feel as guilty because we have been suffering through rain and snow for the past week.  Random snow showers and downpours or rain with 50 mph winds have been hammering since last week.  It’s been raw and cold so it’s helping me mentally give myself the OK to stay inside and workout indoors instead with weights and my PT exercises.