I wanted to start runing to shed some of my 18 or so stone. Last week I walked 3 miles on Mon in around 44 mins, did the same on Wednesday but ran for probably a minute or two at most and came in with another 44 minutes.
On Friday I did the same run (Walk
) but probably got two seperate minutes of flat running in and did about half a mile on a decent downhill.
Sunday walked quickly to the of the first hill (About 5 mins) and started getting pains in my knee, ran for a few yards and pain got worse. Walked the rest of the route but regretted continuing ater around 1.5 miles as my knees really started to hurt
Three days on the pain is constantly there albeit bareable, knees go stiff after sitting and are tender to the touch on the inside and down slightly fronm the knee cap.
Have I overdone it, should I avoid downhill running due to the extra stress...
Help, a bad start to what becoming quite enjoyable, albeit wet...
On Friday I did the same run (Walk
Sunday walked quickly to the of the first hill (About 5 mins) and started getting pains in my knee, ran for a few yards and pain got worse. Walked the rest of the route but regretted continuing ater around 1.5 miles as my knees really started to hurt
Three days on the pain is constantly there albeit bareable, knees go stiff after sitting and are tender to the touch on the inside and down slightly fronm the knee cap.
Have I overdone it, should I avoid downhill running due to the extra stress...
Help, a bad start to what becoming quite enjoyable, albeit wet...