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NotThamesWater
@cookiemonster
Im a few months into a very restrained comeback from a torn meniscus, being guided by a sensible physio. I'd been doing the usual thing of too much too early, and while starting at "run 3k slowly" and increase conservatively, while taking a day off between each run was initially very frustrating, it seems to be working.
I'm now doing a 6 mile fairly relaxed (8 min/mil) pace, 3 mile slower with barefoot shoes, and 5 x 1km intervals at a 20-min 5k pace, with a day off between each. No pains in knee or ankle, everything feeling solid.
I can feel the desire to go run 15 miles or try a <40 10k or something though. Something that I'll (probably) achieve, but then set myself up for problems from ramping to quickly.
Its only taken a lifetime to learn that I cant just carry on as I left off when coming back from an injury, although I've had countless opportunities to learn that lesson