I was born with the Clumsy gene - Corina's Marathon Blog

I seem to have a talent for finding ways of avoiding training at the beginning of the week. Last week it was the rain, this week I brought out my inner clumsy. On Sunday, my day off from training, I was wandering around out apartment and gently bumped into some furniture. I’m not sure what happened but I must have caught the corner just right and went down clutching my knee. 

By the following morning a deep bruise had developed at the top of my kneecap, it hurt to bend my leg and it was even sore having the weight of my trousers push on the bruise. Luckily I have a great therapist close at hand and he happily obliged when I asked him to tape up my knee, giving him the puppy dog eyes.

I’ve had tape on before when I have walked into objects and hurt myself. It is truly miraculous. The pain reduced immediately, I was able to bend my leg better and I could no longer feel the injury during normal activity. By the following day it had healed up enough for me to try a run, after carefully selecting an outfit that would complement the tape. Amazingly the tape gave it enough support that I could complete my 7 miles without problems (well, without problems to my knee, I did manage to get a sunburn…). 

I managed to catch up my missed run the rest of the week and completed my longest run so far, 10 miles.

Next week is recovery week where I cut back on my mileage and allow my body to recover. Hopefully I’ll be able to get through at least one week without any drama.

Corina