▲ | JKCalhoun 17 hours ago | |||||||||||||
Maybe you already looked into barefoot running. I found it took the impact off my knees. | ||||||||||||||
▲ | neutronicus 16 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||
Oh yeah, haha I've never done the like barefoot-barefoot thing but switched to minimalist zero-drop shoes. It was in fact a game-changer for me, all of a sudden in my 30s I could run 10k without IT band pain (even when fairly athletic playing American football in my youth). But when I pushed more into the 10-mile range I got runner's knee - diagnosed w/o MRI or anything as patellar tendinitis although I'm sort of worried it was actually my meniscus. I kept wanting to get back to it and kept re-aggravating. So I have now mostly given it up for like a year. Bad for my health of course. But as I move forward forced days off (ideally cross-training w/ swimming, kayaking, hitting a heavy bag, etc) just have to be part of the plan. | ||||||||||||||
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