Most of us regular runners have one of these nagging injuries:
• Runner's knee
• Achilles tendonitis
• Iliotibial Band Syndrome
• Plantar fasciitis
• Shin splints
For me, I've been having runner's knee for an awful long time. I remember it happened like a premonition for me back in '05, the Friday that I was playing badminton and I was supposed to run a down-terrain leg in the Round-Island relay on Sunday. That Friday, my left knee went weak while I was moving backward. My instinct told me that I should give the run a miss, but I chose to ignore, and fatefully on that Sunday I had my first "runner's knee" while running down Teluk Bahang dam.
If I don't run for sometime, the healing process does take place, but the trouble is I am not stopping for that long, thus the recurrence. If I do not run for more than 30 min each day, the nags will disappear but if I do longer than an hour run, the nagging weakness comes back. Walking upstairs will feel a light acute pain and weakness but managable and that's why I'm still stubbornly running. I should stop!
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