<p>I worked outside today for six hours! I elevated and iced my knee for two hours beforehand, and am trying a new knee support which should do until I can get an uploader brace.</p>
<p>I am hoping that with a brace I will be able to move fast enough to do some cardio.</p>
<p>can you do a rowing machine, ek? That’s some great, no impact cardio.</p>
<p>Can’t bend my knee that much unfortunately. Otherwise I love the rowing machine.
I might try the upright bike and adjust it so my legs barely bend.</p>
Hope your knee mends quickly, EK.
Did a walk today–waited until after dinner so that it would be cooler. I did 3 miles; pushed myself some–average heart rate was 70%. I have a hard time getting my heart rate to 80% when I’m walking outside, unless I’m going up hills. Seems like it’s easier for me when I’m on the elliptical or Cybex machine.
The Asian market in Burlington, MA is an amazing place. Huge selection of all kinds of stuff. I went with a Korean friend for the first time last March. She was in heaven. I liked it tool
Unfortunately, this may be how it is from now on. I have severe osteoarthritis but I’m too young for a knee transplant. Because of advances in medical technology, they like you to wait as long as possible.
warning to all who try and power through pain.
Your body is trying to tell you something.
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<p>I’m actually shooting for 27-28 though we’ll see as the month progresses. I could probably run 2 miles in around 16 minutes now but I generally don’t like to push the speed too much on a regular basis. I’m thinking of doing a little bit of hill work today after the three mile run.</p>
<p>I’ve had knee problems since the mid-1990s. They were so bad at one point where I used crutches to walk around. That time was mainly due to running - basically increasing speed, distance and frequency - the cardiovascular system could handle much more than the joints could. I’ve had problems on and off since then with tennis causing more problems than running though I worry that too much work on running might cause the severe problems to return.</p>
<p>I really haven’t had any knee problems for about two weeks - probably due to only playing two sets 1.5 weeks ago and not playing at all in the last week. I asked a friend (who’s probably better than I am) if he wanted to play next week - the guy that I’ve been beating easily has had some injury issues but he usually just likes to hit for an hour now. So I need to find a few others to play competitively with.</p>
<p>My current knee sleeves are from CVS. I don’t remember the brand but they work reasonably well for me. I have tried many different types of supports in the past but the current kind are fairly inexpensive and last for about a year if I play twice a week. My friend (also has knee pain) takes it easy when he has joint problems.</p>
<p>My time last year was over 30 minutes so I just want to improve on that by a few minutes. I can work harder on improvement next year by starting two months ahead instead of one month. So far we only have four people signed up for the race - we usually field 28 so the captain needs to do a little more pushing. He isn’t going to run this year (he has a local weekly series of runs that he’s doing) so I volunteered to do some of the duties (picking up shirts). We’ll see what happens.</p>
<p>Does the chest strap/transmitter for your model Garmin have the piece that snaps on and off or is it all one piece? My husband says to unsnap the transmitter after running, espec if the thing is sweaty and it will save battery life.</p>
<p>It has a snap-on piece - with two buttons - I assume that those are contacts to connect with the sensors. The plastic piece has a thick portion which I assume holds the battery and transceiver.</p>
<p>Yeah- that sounds just like mine. The older Garmins had a one piece strap with a wider bar built into it.</p>
<p>32 mins w/30 sprint at the end</p>
<p>I have hyper extension in my knees (double jointed), so that hasn’t helped to make them stronger & stable. I don’t run but I would walk , and x-country ski. Nothing ever concerned me to the point of having an X-ray though, although I have osteoporosis & arthritis in my left hand. When I finally had an MRI, they found that I have a torn medial meniscus & my articular cartilage is completely gone. </p>
<p>If you are having pain, don’t be like me and wait till you can’t stand up to go to the Dr.</p>
<p>This was probably already understood, but that’s a 30 <em>second</em> sprint at the end. Distracted, doing two things at once.</p>
CJane, are we going to get any pics of expansive views from these bike rides or hikes in the mountains? Pleeeaase. 
<p>3.1 miles in 25:33 or 8:15/mile.</p>
<p>The interesting thing about bumping up the intensity while doing far fewer miles is that it feels like I’m burning more calories on a daily basis with the higher intensity stuff. I also don’t feel particularly tired about ten minutes after the run - I do feel much more tired for about 30-45 minutes after 5-6 mile runs.</p>
<p>I am looking for an app for iPad that includes exercise and food journaling.</p>
<p>Anyone have a rec.</p>
<p>EK- so sorry about your knees. I hope you can find some things you enjoy that don’t aggravate things. I know how frustrating it can be.</p>
<p>Deborah- good job.</p>
<p>BCE- Yeah, that’s what iDad keeps telling us! Just be careful of your knees with the faster stuff.</p>
<p>I do my tracking on a PC right now though I’m looking at MyFitnessPal right now. The biggest thing on trackers is the quality of their food database.</p>
<p>MyFitnessPal is nice - their food database is better than LiveStrong but their reporting is weak - no way to get a nutrition breakdown unless you want to add up the numbers yourself. I guess I will look around for a good app but it will take some time - if others have something, please post it here.</p>
<p>Thanks MOWC. What’s been most helpful is that H has been enormously supportive, much more so in fact than I would have expected given his behavior in earlier life challenges.</p>
<p>I am going to get injections of synvisc, to lubricate the knee which is very helpful in some people. Maybe it can help until I can grow new cartilage.
[Doctors</a> ‘regrow a knee from scratch’ in pioneering procedure | Mail Online](<a href=“http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1283658/Doctors-regrow-knee-scratch-pioneering-procedure.html]Doctors”>Doctors 'regrow a knee from scratch' in pioneering procedure | Daily Mail Online)</p>
<p>It is frustrating though, I really wanted to go hiking in the HOH rain forest this summer.
Mumblemumble growl.
I want to lose ten lbs, cause that would be like thirty or fortylbs of stress taken off my knee.
It’s a little tough through not being able to do much cardio- so far I’ve lost two lbs- and since our raspberries have come in, I have to remind H that I don’t want any icecream with them!</p>
<p>I would put the raspberries in some of that really low calorie vanilla pudding.</p>