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08-09-08, 05:18 PM
Well if it isn't one thing it's another. Some 15 years ago I had a fair bit of miniscus nibbled out of my right knee and it never really has bothered me except that knee would swell if I tried running for exercise. Cycling I would get tendonitis in the knees until I strengthened them but now that I am doing laps on hills, riding long miles and pushing hard I think that right knee joint is now complaining. It does not seem to be a muscle or tendon related as I can push it hard but it I twist it a little - ouch. I can stand on a climb w/o problem but there are just the certain motions where it complains. Tomorrow it's an 85 mile ride - I will stay conscious of the knee. Today I did a mild ride and experimented with what motions seemed to work best for the knee - seem like good form pedaling with a slight lowering of the heel is what it likes. Pedeling with the heel raised makes it unhappy. After Sept 7th I can ease off for a month but between now and then I need to keep training. Tomorrow it will be 2 alleve and then off for the ride.