Recovering From Microfracture Surgery

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Location:

Manhattan,KS,

Member Since:

Sep 16, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

400m = 55.7; 800m = 2:03; 1500m = 4:08; 1 Mile = 4:24; 2 Mile = 9:28; 5k = 15:26; 8k = 25:35; 10k = 32:12; 15k = 49:50; 10 Miles = 53:27; 1/2 M = 1:13:50 (during marathon); Marathon = 2:28:31

 


Post Microfracture Surgery:

 

5k = 17:25; 10k = 35:50; 10 Miles = 58:29

Short-Term Running Goals:

Masters USATF Cross Country National Championships 8k in St. Louis, MO! 

Maybe a marathon in 2013?

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running and racing at whatever level I am able to. Possibly run another marathon post Microfracture Surgery in under 3:00.

Personal:

I'm in the Army. I am married with four children (20/17/13/8 years old). Trying to return to previous running form after having microfracture knee surgery in July 2008.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Pegasus 29 A Lifetime Miles: 438.30
Brooks Launch A Lifetime Miles: 429.17
Adios Lifetime Miles: 118.88
Brooks Launch B Lifetime Miles: 206.30
Pegasus 29 B Lifetime Miles: 146.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.300.000.000.000.000.000.004.30

Legs still totally trashed. It really hurts and is very difficult to get moving. It gets slightly better as I go but still not comfortable at all. Most of the pain/issues are in the inside quads leading into both inner knees. Both are sore to the touch and every step hurts. I also have some issues in the hamstrings as well. On top of that my left knee really kills for at least the first mile. For these reasons I only ran 4.3 miles this morning. I could have run 10 but at what cost? I am not sure what is going on as I have not done any killer workouts or anything that I would cosider hard enough to bring this on. I have never really had anything happen like this before so I am in new territory. All I can think is that the adventure race took a bigger toll on my body than I initiall thought and I jumped back into high mileage too quickly and my body shut down. However, the first three days after the race everything was doing ok and jut took a severe dive on the fourth day onward. We will see what tomorrow brings. For now more ice and ibuprofin and pray that I can attempt to race on Saturday.

Comments
From Chad on Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 20:27:28

Remember too to hydrate well to flush all of the accumulated toxins in your muscles out of the system. Good luck in getting back on track. I'm sure you'll be fine.

From Scott Browning on Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 11:10:10

I agree with Chad, you may have some chronic dehydation going, or even chronic glycogen depletion. I would concentrate on doing to a heavy complex carb intake over the next several days. Your hiking over the weekend may have cooked your quads as well. Have you tried doing an ice bath, sometimes helps to regenerate the tissue and stimulate blood flow. I hope you get feeling better soon.

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