Today I ran 1.5 miles with no walking! I felt like I could have gone longer, but after what happened last time I ran that distance, I'm not taking chances. My knees feel much better this time, although I did go home and ice right away. My patellar ligament is starting to give me a bit of trouble. But I can deal with that. Ice and Alieve. Ice is becoming my friend...
Yesterday at the gym, I did my leg exercises differently. Rather than doing leg curls and extensions with both legs, I isolated one leg at a time. I really was able to notice a difference. And I felt the same pain in my knee doing leg curls that I felt after my last long run. So I did my research. As it turns out, there are three muscles that come together on the medial (inside) side of the knee - the Sartorious, Gracilis, and Semitendinosus. They come together in a single tendon called the Pes Anserine. Two of these muscles are part of the hamstring group, and therefore bend the knee. The Pes Anserine tendon inserts into the tibia at about the same point as the medial collateral ligament. What this tells me is that what I thought was an issue with my MCL, might just be an issue with the Pes Anserine tendon, or an issue with one of the three muscles.
This really is good news, because I'm still not having any issues with the knee joint itself, just the tendons and muscles at the knee. I will see how my knee feels over the next couple of days and hopefully I can run a mile or two on Monday.
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