Racing at Concorde tri today was out of the question, but I am feeling a bit more positive about my chances of doing so in Edmonton. While walking is still uncomfortable, I have swum a good few km this week, and started to add a bit of resistance to the spin bike. I’ve been following the MCL rehab exercises that Ian gave me (similar to these ones) and had a follow-up with his colleague, Joe Allnutt. Joe has added some more dynamic, functional, exercises to the repertoire, to speed up my knee regaining the stability for running. A second round of acupuncture seemed to free things up and reduce the pain for a time. I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to ride gently next week, and then it’ll just be a question of how much work I can put down, and how well I can run, for the end of the month.

Fundraising for The Brain Tumour Charity is going quite well, at justgiving.com/garethsb, thank you, everybody!

Well, this is a little bump in the road… The unpleasant pinging in my left knee on Thursday evening turned into increasing soreness and stiffness so that I was limping quite a bit on Friday. Ian Harrison at Physical Balance was kind enough to fit me at the end of his sports injury clinic that afternoon, and he confirmed damage to the medial collateral ligament. He has encouraged me to move as normally as possible, but told me that I won’t be running for a while. Over the weekend I’ve tried gentle swimming and spinning but both are uncomfortable, though not as much as simply walking. I’m doing regular mobility and strengthening exercises; I’m not sure what else I can do, but try to be positive that I’ll still be ready for the trip to Edmonton.