Here is my run from June 19. As you can see, I quit running the intervals about half way through class. My knee was really hurting. At first, I thought I wasn't warmed up, so I kept running hoping that I would warm up those muscles and the stiffness/pain would go away.
But, it didn't.
So, I walked the rest of class (except the last interval, which I sprinted, because I'm an idiot.)
When the pain didn't go away after several days, I knew that I needed to see the knee doctor. He sent me for an MRI.
I have no idea what I'm looking at, but here is part of my MRI.
Luckily, it's patellar tendonitis, and not a torn meniscus. The knee doc put a steroid shot in my knee and now I'm resting up and doing PT. I thought I had strong legs, but it turns out only some of the muscles are strong and the rest are not. I have a muscle imbalance and it's putting strains on my knee.
