Emmet: October 7th - October 13th

Physio session Monday 7th October.

At the time and almost straight after the session things felt good, actually a lot better than usual. I felt things had settled down majorly as a result of the acupuncture, but the next day was sure to show otherwise. The tightness/soreness was back in the knee from the moment I got up & I knew my run that evening wasn't going to be any fun.
I had entered in the local winter league (5km course) and did a bit of warm up and warm down. I ran the 5 miles total & felt very sore doing it at the time and after.

I reckon it was the change of physiotherapist as to be honest I now realise certain people yield better results & it almost felt after doing that run that I hadn't been at physio the night before. No work had been done on my hips, quads or lower back & all the manipulation/massaging had been done around the knee area. This to me was the problem as I feel the work done aggravated the knee more and didn't loosen all the other mentioned areas.

This resulted in having to go for an 'emergency' session on the Wednesday after my Tuesday run as well as my originally booked session for the Friday with little to no running in these days except for the Friday before I went to my physio session.
Friday's session yielded excellent results as i had met with the original physio who dealt with in the company who as an avid runner definitely knows her job.
The knee was still very sore after Friday's very physical session so i decided to belt out a bit of time on the cross trainer instead. 2 days rest after this session then as it was a full working weekend & tiredness kicked in, I just knocked in a couple of handy miles in the evening.

Below is my weeks training:

Monday: Physio.

Tuesday: 5 miles @ 9:00 avg m/mile {general}.

Wednesday: Physio.

Thursday: Rest.

Friday: (a.m.) 6.16 miles @ 8:00 pace (general) + Physio session.

Saturday: 30 minutes (11.2kms) on cross trainer.

Sunday: 3.33 miles @ 8:23 pace.

Total weeks mileage: 14.49 miles.