On June 16th, I was set to run my very first 5K! I only had 4 weeks to train and I was doing AWESOME! My Couch to 5K app on my iPhone was helping me, but it was an 8 week program. Me, being the person to prove to myself (and everyone else) that I can be the best at everything I do, crammed the entire program into my 4 week period. BIG MISTAKE! I was super excited that I had worked up to a 10:40 mile and was running 3 miles every day working on improving my time. For me, this was awesome.... I have never in my life been athletic or active on this level! Then one day my knee started to hurt. Instead of resting, I kept on running until I was in so much pain that I could barely even walk anymore. The pain became more concentrated and I realized that it wasn't even in my knee, it was just below at the very top of my chin bone. I had a chin splint! Holy OUCH!!! I had to stop training and rest. :( Then my other knee started feeling tight and it was all down hill from there. I ended up having to go to the doctor. He checked me out and determined that not only did I have the chin splint, but that I had tendinitis in BOTH knees! And this was one week before my big race. He told me do NOT run the 5K and to rest for the next 2 weeks. Now I had a problem. You see, I was not going to run this race by myself. I had recruited a team of friends to run with me. I had them all pumped up and ready to go. And I was NOT going to let them down! My plan was to go to the 5K that Saturday morning and try my hardest to at least walk the entire thing - I could rest AFTER. :) Our group consisted of runners and walkers, so I was going to do this! Our runners (Laura, Sandie, Rosy and Jenna) did awesome and I got to walk the 3.2 miles with my old friend Jennifer!!!! Turned out to be a blessing in disguise! In the past few years, mine and Jennifer's lives have take different paths and we rarely get to hang out anymore. So I was thankful for my injury and my opportunity to "hang out" with my friend! :) We power walked that "baby" and finished in under an hour!!!! I was super proud of all of us and we had a great time!!! Thank you ladies for being awesome friends!!! Up next... Houston Color Run!!!
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Sorry about the tendonitis. But I'm glad you made the best of it and still had fun! I've had tendonitis in various areas. Usually if you take a few days off and do a lot of ice/arnica gel, it'll go down pretty quickly. You might also try adding some lunges to strengthen your knees in the future. Just be careful about form and start with just a few reps and work your way up!
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