Given that at the British 10K 2 weekends ago my knee got angry around the 7km mark I had to go at least that far to see what happened. We set off at a very gentle pace, really very very gentle and kept it steady for the first few km. At 4km, everything was feeling fine so we agreed to turn up the gas at 7km to try to force something to happen if it hadn't already.
7km we took it up a notch and again at 8.5km and my knee was not only feeling OK, but it actually felt -better- than the other one. It felt like a smooth, well-oiled joint; noticeably more comfortable and 'right' feeling than usual. I tried to keep up with Mr TOTKat when he kicked off at 8.5km and almost sort of did then decided I was too under-fuelled to go on past 9km so we stopped there and had a gentle jog to cool down a bit before a stretch, drink and back home again.
So. Without wanting to get too excited, I think the K-taping may have made some sort of difference. How much of a difference will only become apparent with a brick session. So I'm planning to do one tomorrow (and combine it with testing some race fuel for next weekend - OMG LONDON IS NEXT WEEKEND! *cough* With all the injury mess, I've done no training and it's my first Olympic distance triathlon! Halp!)
I'm certainly learning a bit reading your blog at the moment with your injury, from all possible causes to consultations to testing things that may help. You certainly seem to have hit on something with the taping. Hope your brick secession goes well today.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the good wishes. I think I've been lucky with a good physio who is trying to get me to a place where I can finish a particular race, then look at the longer term work. If the taping is good, then there's a lot of hard strengthening to be done for months after that.
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