The Twigster is Frustrated

I never imagined a day where I would be frustrated because I couldn't exercise.
Ever since my Ninja Run last Tuesday, I have had some issues with strange feeling knees. It's like I need a wheel alignment (shame Dad has retired from Beaurepaires) he might have been able to sort me out. So I feel out of alignment in the hips and the knees, and all I can put it down to was that Ninja Run on the treadmill as well as some new exercises I started last week. So I think I have stretched some ligaments or something, I am finding that I am walking out on the sides of my feet, over pronation I think it is called. So its like the feet are going one way and the knees are going the other way, and this is causing some tension and discomfort. But absolutely no pain. So maybe its the curse of the Hip Dysplasia from childhood coming back to bite me in the ass. So... out of frustration I had to quit my gym session and go to the pool instead where I went for a 40 minute swim (mostly just using upperbody and dragging legs, so it was a good upper body workout) and then a 30 minute hot spa, and that seemed to help a lot. So I am going to do that for the rest of the week and lay off the gym for a week, and use the time to work on my swimming instead. As the week progresses if things start coming right then I will add some quad strengthening exercises. Also I might investigate if I should go back to some sort of orthotic to straighten my gait and reduce uneven wear on joints.

I have booked into the spa for a whole hour tomorrow.

Anyway - I never thought I would be so hooked on exercise that I would be really miserable not to be able to do what I want, and to have to take a step back. It is a bit sucky considering how well I was doing. I was pretty close to full on running. But I have a sneaky feeling that it was the running that has actually done me in. I will have to stick to my original plan to leave the running right until the last minute and only start it when I am less than 70kgs. Otherwise it is just cruel to my poor joints.

Oh well, at least the swimming will get better and get more attention than the usual 1 or 2 swims a week. And today I got the spa for free (so there is my silver lining for the day) just to finish on.