My physio discovered that the injury was caused by the way that I run, I have a slight overpronation, meaning that when I run my ankles roll inwards. To combat that you need a shoe that offers support in the inside. As it's only slight I have to be careful to choose a shoe that doesn't push me the other way causing other problems.
I run in New Balance WR860's these runners are a fairly neutral shoe and offer some support. I need to add an orthotic to them to make them my perfect fit, I've found them fantastic and they've helped me stay injury free throughout my training.
Now, if I had only worn them all the time instead of the super flat ballet pumps I wear so often that offer no support(fashion over function here I'm afraid!). Wearing these almost daily and upping my mileage has caused my old injury to resurface. This is not something you want happening 11 days before a marathon.
Yet this is something that happened. Doing an easy breezy 5km run on Tuesday night hurt, well my knee hurt and I knew exactly why. I panicked. I have spent the last 4 months training for this and now, last minute this happens. Luckily my physio was able to see me almost immediately and diagnosed the problem. With injuries, they can come back when you up your mileage and once you deal with them quickly they should be no problem. To treat it I've to stretch three times a day and use my trusty trigger point roller aka torture device.
So after a moment of panic about the most painful marathon mark two, it looks like thanks to my amazing physio, things will go to plan!
Until then I'm banned from wearing those shoes!
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