Kneely over

I have been out of it for far too long now. It has taken a while to sort out this knee thing of mine, which is actually a hip fault rather than my knees. In fact it might be my feet, no one seems to be entirely sure.

I have been to see 3 physiotherapists, I now have Orthotics (insoles) made up, but now I need some neutral shoes for them to fit in. Mark did a video gait analysis on me and it seems I am running like a prawn, so he has sent me off for a few days to sort myself out and get rid of my muscle memory, and when I have settled into short runs with my neutral shoes, the insoles will go in and I should be off again... finally.

I also have been doing some odd looking hip stretches 3 times a day.  When I signed up for this I thought it was just a case of running about looking sweaty.

I did a couple of 2.5K runs in Jersey last week. My left knee gave me no discomfort, but the right was still a problem. My only interest now is getting back up to 10K, from there I am confident I can keep training and make the distance on race day.  I will run the whole way.

On 31st of August I have entered the NIKE+ 10K HumanRace,  You can run in 25 cities around the world, or like me, you can run where you like. I will be running the Newburn circuit in the Tyne Valley which is just over 10K, so that is my short term target.

I have also got some strange hacking cough which is starting to irritate me.  It has a rattle like TB and my voice sounds  a bit 0898.  It doesn't seem to stop me running 2K, but I hope I can get well soon and hopefully I will finally be back on my feet!

Will let you know.