The Ironman

I signed up for Ironman Canada at the end of 2023. I had big plans for getting there.

Alas, it was not meant to be, and I focused myself on Ironman California in October.

In September, I attempted to resume running but quickly ran into persistent challenges, including tweaking my knee when standing up from my desk at work.

I had little choice but to stop running, focus on the other sports, and hope for the best day of. I continued to attend Taekwondo, which may not be the most helpful for recovery, and I did a lot of walking.

Finally making it to the run, I began my walk 1km/run 1km strategy and found quickly that I couldn’t run a km yet. As an aside, I’ve noticed that while the menisuscus area in the knee is sore, there are also many tight muscles in the vicinity - so there seems to be some mechanical issue that wasn’t there before.