Back into the swing of things

The last week has been pretty good, a decent amount of training and an update on the knee problem.

First up the training over the last 10 or so days.
After getting back into the UK at 5am on the Sat, it was home for some sleep before a nice easy 1.8 miles run to get the legs back into training after holiday mode.
No training Sunday, but Monday continued the running focus for the week, with a 2.mile run.
Work was manic on Tuesday and Wednesday and as such training went by the wayside.
Thursday saw my third run of the week, 3.6 miles my longest continuous run for sometime.
Headed to the pool after work on Friday and did an 800m swim, only had one short stop after 400m to clear misty goggles.
Headed out on the bike on Saturday morning. It really was lovely warm sunny day, but the ride was marred by every single traffic light I came to being red, even all the pedestrian crossings. This coupled with waiting at a level crossing for a train to pass and stopping for an ambulance led to a very stop start bitty ride. Still it was nice to be out in shorts and t-shirt this close to October.

On returning from the ride I had a letter from my consultant regarding the MRI scan I had on knee. Apparently my knee looks pretty normal, which is great news and backs up what he suspected. So hopefully, after several months of pain, a few physio sessions should sort out the knees and allow me to train properly.

Back from hols

Again been a while since the last update.

I have had my entry confirmed for the Warwickshire Triathlon on 4th October, just waiting for start time now.

Since the last update I have seen a consultant and had an MRI scan on my knee. Initial outlook is pretty good, it looks like the pain is caused by misallignment in the knee due to abnormal tracking of the patella, in english, my kneecap is not quite in the correct position. Just waiting on the MRI results to confirm then it will be off for a few pysio sessions and my knee will be as good as new.

Did not do much training between seeing the consultant and going on holiday as I did not want to upset the knee. Had a great week in Greece, lots of swimming in the sea and snorkelling, a few boat trips and enjoying the Greek food and drink.

Back to work now and a few specific sessions before the triathlon, then I will have to decide on next years targets so I can get the winter training right.