Knees diagnosed? But fuck it. I'm running

Ok, so it's runner's knee that I have, completely fits with the symptoms on tinterweb - worse running downhill, severe pain in the first few minutes, it fits with the type of pain and areas affected, and with it appearing as I ramped up to high mileage and ran on tired legs.

Good news - well, I know what it is.

Bad news - no quick cure for it.

Solution - well, it doesn't seem horrifically bad in the long term and I've already done 32 km, so I'm just going for it, taking it slow for sure but running at least the first half before I pussy out. Venga!

Five days no training....knees still hurt. Must....get....better.....POWER POWER!!

Noooo.....

SHIT SHIT shit shit shit....after 1.5 km my knee felt terrible, worse than last wednesday despite all the rest and the ice packs, so bad I had to stop, with all my thoughts shouting "It's over, no marathon." I was really devestated, I called Daniele to see if I should keep going or stop and he told me go home, but I couldn't just give up - I started again and the pain seemed less, but after turning downhill towards the Sagrada Familia it came back, band enough to stop me again.

I walked a bit, with my thoughts a black storm, but then told myself to shut up and run after the next lights - by pushing the pace up nearly to a sprint the knee felt fine, and I did another 4 km home feeling much more positive...

But, as soon as I stopped, disaster again, really strong pain, and just 7 km on the run - I don't know if the biking hurt or helped, I did 26 km each of the past two days, and now I don't know whether to keep using the bike or rest completely. I've got the ice packs back on, and I'm just trying to keep positive till tomorrow. I don't want to believe three months of (admittedly shitty) preparation are down the drain.

But all in all, what a pile of shit.

here is the route

working through my injuries....

The last week has been a bit of a blur, so here's an update: 20 km run at 12km/hr on wednesday morning with daniele, on the beach, complete with severe pain in my knee, the same area as during the 32k in Heidleberg. Really bad news after 10 days of no training at all. Besides the knees, my legs were tired as fuck by the end of it, I think the result of my shitty training in Germany, 42 km at that speed will not be an option. I've downgraded my goal to finishing under four hours now (or at all ha ha)

So, I'm on a major regime of icing my knee, and I'm totally off running, just cycling, 26 km each of the past two days. I think I'll head out for a run tomorrow and test the knee, but that'll depend on how it feels the first 5 km!

Also, I'm completely knackered - possibly since the sleep deprivation last weekend?? Struggling through the days at work. Anyway, at least the cycling is going well, first trip with my clip-in pedals on today, and I didn't fall off :)

Bad....

Was meant to be 25 km run but i only managed to do 23km... shit how will I do another 19km on top of this?

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2530948

I did just do 2 full days of snowboarding but i do not think this is a good excuse... i just hope my "altitude" training at 500m will make up the additional 19km... yeah right.

Scared...

I am rubbish

So, long time no posting from me, also long time no running. I'm stuck in Heidleberg and realising just how hard it must be for Charlie to train at all - by the time I'm finished work it's a) dark as hell and b) completely freezing. Also, I've been finishing any time between 10 pm and 1 am hence very little running is happening.

I managed to get in two hours running last weekend, up the mountain we live on and back - I think it was only about 16 km as it was up a hella-steep hill.

Today I did 30 km, should have been 32 but I got lost. It was damn hard, and took 3 hr 15 min which is too damn slow - having said that my pacing was really off, first 10 km at 8km/hr, next 15 at 11 km/hr and then the final stretch at a pathetic shuffle due to the horrific pain in my knees. Not feeling good about adding ANOTHER 12 km onto the end - I'll put this one down to a new route, cold weather and lack of running over the past while, and see what happens next weekend when I'm back in Barca.

What I should have done http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2530317

Weekend training

Friday 23rd, went for a solid 10km run, went well but i lost the time.. pressed the wrong button when i got back Doh!

Sunday 25th, nice 15.87km run weather.. -1°C with freezing fog.. compacted snow/ice on half the route.. which made things precarious but! 1h 28min result that is nearly 4 mins of my last time on this route and the conditions were better last time!

Shit 94kg... not good

Thoughts:
-Will training at 500m about sea level help my marathon time??
-How will I cope without listening to heavy metal when running, the music noticeably effects my speed and energy, especially towards the end?