Patellar Tendinitis

Joy here...My last post identified some recurring pain that I was having in my left knee.  I suppose it's not too surprising given that I've upped my workouts by layering in some running with the cycling.  However, it is a bit of a bummer to get stalled just as I felt like I was getting my mojo back.

But c'est la vie, right?

So I went to the physio who said that I have an inflamed patellar tendon (basically the tendon that attaches my thigh muscle to my lower leg muscle that goes over my knee cap).  She's given me some exercises and a warning to just keep on icing my knee.

Coach Woods has said that he wants me to take it easy until I'm "symptom free."

Coach Andrew has said that I need to gauge things for myself.

So I've been taking it easy.

Which has kind of worked out for me, because this week I've been out of town for meetings (which makes it notoriously difficult for me to work out), and then I hop on a plane (or rather a series of planes) to get to Asia where we'll spend part of the holidays before hopping on yet another series of planes to get to Australia for Christmas itself.  New Year's Eve will be spent in Singapore, and only then will we return to this part of the world.

Let's hope my fitness doesn't fall apart entirely while I'm away.

Over and out,
Joy