Last weekend was the La Jolla Half Marathon.  I ran that a year ago.  It’s hard for me to believe.  It’s hard for me to believe or accept that I was able to run 13.1 miles a year a go and now I can’t do too much without feeling pain.  It’s a lot better than say…back in May/June/July of last year but lately or just this week, it has kind of been flaring up.  I’m finally getting that “movie theatre syndrome’ where it actually hurts when I get up from prolonged sitting.  This mostly happens at work whenever I get up to use the rest room, my knee just bothers me.

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome – I’ve repeatedly read about it online.  I still don’t understand it.  I’ve played sports for most most of my life and was super active, how can my quad muscles suddenly just be so pathetic they can’t support my knee anymore?  I’m thinking more and more it must have been the LJ Half downhill that jacked it cause I do remember a very intense pain in the knee going down that hill.  I can’t remember if I had specific knee pain when running prior to the half.  Or perhaps it really is the increased mileage but still…does that just break your knee?

I’ve been doing more of the quad strengthening exercises but I’m not sure if that’s helping or making it worse.  I’ve also been trying to understand how the leg works.  If my pain is on the inside of my knee, then that would seem like the inside quad muscle would be pulling it too much, thus rubbing against the right side which is hurting.  However, PFPS is normally due to a weak inside quad muscle so maybe it doesn’t pull that way.  Maybe it’s the lack of flexibility I have too, though the last time I stretched a lot, I ended up jacking my other knee.  Too much perhaps.

Bleh, I just want to be normal and jump and run around like normal.