Angeliki19
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 3, 2011
Hi all! I am signed up for the princess half.. my first runDisney event EVER and my first half marathon! I have planned this for 2 years and of course, I over did the training I guess two weeks ago and started having debilitating knee pain. I have been seeing a sports chiropractor and he diagnosed it as "runner's knee" and said there is no structural damage, so that's good. Basically nothing hurts except walking and running... I can lunge, squat etc. with no pain at all. He advised me to not try and run on it at all until race day and has been doing deep tissue massages on my IT band every few days. I asked him about wearing a brace but he said its too late in the game for me to try and run with something new that I am not used to. He thinks my best bet is to try and just run the race as best I can, with the shoes I am used to and not doing anything crazy different. He said after the race I can try a more corrective shoe (for overpronating) and get used to it slowly.
Although he said he feels like I can run on it, I am not as hopeful. It hurts slightly just walking still so I am scared to try and run on it. If the race was just a 5K maybe... but 13.1 miles seems like a long time to be running through pain. If I could defer my registration I would probably consider that, but I know that Disney doesn't do that anymore.
So I guess my questions are:
1) Would you even attempt the run? What happens if I get "swept"? I don't know what that really entails. I am considering just throwing in the towel and enjoying my weekend in Disney without worrying about getting up early, watching what I eat/drink etc. However the other side of me is wondering if I will always regret not trying and wonder if I could have done it. Maybe I should just show up race day and see what happens and just accept that I might get swept and not finish?
2) Does anyone have any other advice for knee pain? Should I get a brace or tape it, considering I won't have time to "practice" anything new at this point?
I am so bummed out... this has been a really tough year for me as I got divorced and I had to make a lot of sacrifices to make this trip still happen. My kids and I will be down there for 10 days so my trip certainly won't be ruined if I can't do the race.... but it is so hard to give up on something you have dreamed about for 2 years. I am in good physical shape and besides this knee pain know I would have no problem finishing, so its just so frustrating. Any words of advice or encouragement would be appreciated as I feel so conflicted on what to do! Thanks!!!
Although he said he feels like I can run on it, I am not as hopeful. It hurts slightly just walking still so I am scared to try and run on it. If the race was just a 5K maybe... but 13.1 miles seems like a long time to be running through pain. If I could defer my registration I would probably consider that, but I know that Disney doesn't do that anymore.
So I guess my questions are:
1) Would you even attempt the run? What happens if I get "swept"? I don't know what that really entails. I am considering just throwing in the towel and enjoying my weekend in Disney without worrying about getting up early, watching what I eat/drink etc. However the other side of me is wondering if I will always regret not trying and wonder if I could have done it. Maybe I should just show up race day and see what happens and just accept that I might get swept and not finish?
2) Does anyone have any other advice for knee pain? Should I get a brace or tape it, considering I won't have time to "practice" anything new at this point?
I am so bummed out... this has been a really tough year for me as I got divorced and I had to make a lot of sacrifices to make this trip still happen. My kids and I will be down there for 10 days so my trip certainly won't be ruined if I can't do the race.... but it is so hard to give up on something you have dreamed about for 2 years. I am in good physical shape and besides this knee pain know I would have no problem finishing, so its just so frustrating. Any words of advice or encouragement would be appreciated as I feel so conflicted on what to do! Thanks!!!