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I thought it was your knees that were supposed to hurt

Mar.20, 2006, filed under Miscellany

Get fit, get kitI went for a run yesterday.

Wait. Back up.

My new job is Environmental Protection Officer. It’s basically an environmental policeman. Because this involves going to sites and sampling and doing inspections, I need to have my car for work. Where the office is located is not somewhere I’m overly happy about leaving my car overnight, otherwise I’d drive to work on Monday with the bike in the back and leave the thing there all week. I might buy a cheap car and do that anyway.

This means I haven’t been getting my requisite amount of exercise, which is something of an issue.

So I did twenty miles on the fixie on Saturday, and yesterday I thought I’d run down and along the beach and back, about 3 miles, mostly off-road.

Ow. Over the past year I’ve been having this problem: for the ten days or so before my period starts I get intense cramps brought on by exercise. Usually after about ten minutes of exercise. The first time I went running I thought I was going to pass out from the pain. Don’t know what causes it, doctor didn’t seem interested.

Yesterday this started about, well, ten minutes into my run (about a mile and a bit – I can run a mile in 7:15, which is okay, but not on that terrain). I had to walk through it, and that was agonising. It was either that or be stuck at the beach for the rest of the day. Took me about a mile to walk it off, but I did walk it off, so I’m quite chuffed with myself.

So chuffed, indeed, that I’ve decided to treat myself to the new 2006 model MULE. Mmmmm.

But if anyone has any thoughts on what could cause this, I’d be delighted to hear them.

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