As you now may be aware of, I can manage running with my recovered knee. I prefer straight tracks, all kinds of sharp curves or turns will create problems. I´m doing the curves like a F1-car, trying to straighten them out. But what things can´t I do with an unstable knee? Skiing is bad, I can hardly manage cross-country skiing and downhill is worse. In general, any activity where a force will put pressure laterally on your feet is a problem. One, very practical example is to pull the shopping cart at the supermarket. No problem if it is a straight line and no turns plus an even floor without slope. In real life there is no such supermarket or parking lot, and I usually shop for a whole week to my family. I am zick-zacking the cart to get it where I want.
Today I completed an 18 km round. I did it in a slow speed in order to get feet and other body parts used to a longer distance. The first 13 km were not so nice but then the endorphins started to pump out so the rest of distance was nothing, really. These endorphins are quite fascinating (that´s probably the main reason why so many people are running) and usually they start to function after 7 km´s. The endorphins are also pain reliefing, so they neutralise any knee pain that may arise after such a distance.
