Tokyo Marathon

Alright I promised an update, so ..

I managed the 5Km. Ran with Joe, made it all around the Palace. Achingly slow time. Knee initially gave in after about 500 metres. I adjusted my new and exciting knee strap, pushing the pressure-tube (?) bit more to the outside … and the pain went. It was bizarre. The knee strap is one of these..

They are cheap – definitely recommend trying one if you have a similar knee problem. The non-adjustable Nike knee compression thing I previously used had no effect – I threw it away. This one though, seems to be the business.

Anyway, all was not completely good. The pain was definitely noticeable again by about 4Km, and though I made the full 5Km, the walk home was excruciating. Need to go slowly on this. Almost certainly not going to be entering the marathon, but will consider.